Life and Death in Captivity : : The Abuse of Prisoners during War /

Life and Death in Captivity : : The Abuse of Prisoners during War / / Geoffrey P. R. Wallace.

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Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? In Life and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual role played by regime type and the nature of t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Wallace, Geoffrey P. R.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 1 map, 14 tables, 6 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Repertoires of Violence against Prisoners
  • 2. The Captor's Dilemma
  • 3. Prisoners by the Numbers
  • 4. World War II, Democracies, and the (Mis)Treatment of Prisoners
  • 5. Territorial Conquest and the Katyn Massacre in Perspective
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix.
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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