Unlawful combatants : a genealogy of the irregular fighter /

The book investigates the emergence and the development of irregular fighters, such as guerrillas, rebels, insurgents, and terrorists throughout the history of modern war. It presents a historically based critique of the twenty-first century notion of the irregular fighter as an 'unlawful comba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheipers, Sibylle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Unlawful combatants > History.
Military history.
Combattants illégaux > Histoire.
Histoire militaire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Unlawful combatants.
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Science - General.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The making of the irregular fighter, 1740-1815
  • The nineteenth century: rebels, rifles, and the laws of war
  • The Second World War: anti-partisan warfare, genocide, and the rebirth of the auxiliary fighter
  • Wars in the colonies: orientalism and the social production of colonial subjects
  • Irregular fighters in the twenty-first century: between "unlawful combatants" and "rebel" auxiliaries
  • Conclusion.

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