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Author:   Sibylle Scheipers (Director of Studies, Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford.)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.682kg
ISBN:  

9780199577576

ISBN 10:   0199577579
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   25 February 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Prisoners in War ; PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR ; 2. A Cautionary Tale from the Crusades? War and Prisoners in Conditions of Normative Incommensurability ; 3. Prisoners in Early Modern European Warfare ; 4. Prisoners of War in International Law: The Nineteenth Century ; 5. Prisoners in The First World War ; 6. 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. The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Western European Theatre of War 1939-1945 ; 8. The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Eastern European Theatre of Operations 1941-1956 ; 9. Japanese Culture and The Treatment of Prisoners of War In The Asian-Pacific War ; PART III: DETAINEES IN IRREGULAR CONFLICTS ; 10. Prisoners in Colonial Warfare: The Imperial German Example ; 11. The French in Algeria: Can There Be Prisoners of War In A 'Domestic' Operation? ; 12. Detention and Interrogation In Northern Ireland 1969-1975 ; 13. The Status and Treatment of Detainees in Russia's Chechen Campaigns ; PART IV: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES ; 14. Private Military Personnel as Prisoners Of War ; 15. Child Prisoners in War ; 16. Legal Issues Related To Armed Conflict with Non-State Groups ; 17. Detainees: Misfits in Peace And War ; 18. Outsourcing Terror: Extraordinary Rendition and The Necessity For Extraterritorial Protection of Human Rights ; 19. Terrorist Beheadings: Politics and Reciprocity ; 20. Conclusion: Prisoners and Detainees in Current and Future Military Operations ; Index

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<br> A tightly edited collection...Excellent transdisciplinary, transnational scholarship. Clearly written...Highly recommended. --CHOICE<p><br>

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Sibylle Scheipers is Director of Studies of the Changing Character of War Programme at Oxford University. Before joining the Programme, she held a post-doctoral fellowship at Chatham House, London. She holds a PhD and an M.A. degree from Humboldt University, Berlin.

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