This book contains contributions by leading scholars from the fields of history, international relations, law, and philosophy. It includes novel research findings on the crusades, detention and interrogation policies in Northern Ireland, the Chechnya conflict, and the impact of Western detention policies on Al-Qaeda's tactics and narratives. INDICE: 1: Sibylle Scheipers: Introduction: Prisoners in War; Part I: The Emergence of Legal and Ethical Standards Before the Second World War; 2: Frédéric Mégret: A Cautionary Tale from the Crusades? War and Prisoners in Conditions of Normative Incommensurability; 3: Peter H. Wilson: Prisoners in Early Modern European Warfare; 4: Stephen C. Neff: Prisoners of War in InternationalLaw: The Nineteenth Century; 5: Alan Kramer: Prisoners in The First World War; 6: Neville Wylie: The 1929 Prisoners of War Convention and the Building of the Inter-War Prisoner of War Regime; Part II: Prisoners in Regular Conflicts -The Second World War; 7: Bob Moore: The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Western European Theatre of War 1939-1945; 8: Rüdiger Overmans: The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Eastern European Theatre of Operations 1941-1956; 9: Philip Towle: Japanese Culture and The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Asian-Pacific War; Part III: Detainees in Irregular Conflicts; 10: Isabel V. Hull: Prisoners in Colonial Warfare: The Imperial German Example; 11: RaphaëlleBranche: The French in Algeria: Can There Be Prisoners of War In A 'Domestic'Operation?; 12: Huw Bennett: Detention and Interrogation In Northern Ireland 1969-1975; 13: Bettina Renz: The Status and Treatment of Detainees in Russia'sChechen Campaigns; Part IV: Contemporary Problems and Challenges; 14: Chia Lehnardt: Private Military Personnel as Prisoners Of War; 15: Matthew Happold: Child Prisoners in War; 16: John B. Bellinger III: Legal Issues Related To Armed Conflict with Non-State Groups; 17: Adam Roberts: Detainees: Misfits in Peace And War; 18: David Cole: Outsourcing Terror: Extraordinary Rendition and TheNecessity For Extraterritorial Protection of Human Rights; 19: Alia Brahimi: Terrorist Beheadings: Politics and Reciprocity; 20: Sibylle Scheipers: Conclusion: Prisoners and Detainees in Current and Future Military Operations; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957757-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 25/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés