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"e;An inherently fascinating, impressively well written, exceptionally informative, and meticulously detailed history"e; of Japanese overseas mercenaries (Midwest Book Review).

Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941.

This is a thoughtful and sensitive analysis of the history and significance of non-violent civil resistance in the Palestinian national movement.

A powerful examination of soulful journeys made to recover memory and recuperate stolen pasts in the face of unspeakable histories.

While women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, in the current war, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless.

This important reference work highlights a number of disparate themes relating to the experience of children during the Holocaust, showing their vulnerability and how some heroic people sought to save their lives amid the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi regime.

This Element considers how religions, which propagate peace, can end up promoting violence against innocent civilians through terrorist acts.

A Pulitzer Prizewinning international reporter elucidates the day-to-day lives of modern American mercenaries in Iraq.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions.

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy.

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How China is using the US-led war on terror to erase the cultural identity of its Muslim minority in the Xinjiang regionWithin weeks of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the Chinese government warned that it faced a serious terrorist threat from its Uyghur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim.

The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner contains complete prewritten session and patient presentation descriptions for each behavioral problem in The Veterans and Active Duty Military Psychotherapy Treatment Planner.

As a young man Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived.

The legal position in international law of heads of states and other senior state representatives is at the heart of the conflict thrown up by recent changes in the international legal order.

This ground-breaking comparative perspective on the subject of World War II war crimes and war justice focuses on American and German atrocities.

Gabriel expands upon the groundbreaking work of B.

Sie rettete im Zweiten Weltkrieg tausende Kinder aus den Konzentrationslagern der kroatischen Ustaša.

There has been a shift in the way that we understand the forces behind imperialism.

This book celebrates the scholarship of Richard Baxter, former Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School.

In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging from violent conflict.

The compelling, previously unknown story of the wartime adventures of Bob Allen: pilot, aerial photographer and prisoner of war.

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Explores historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil-military relations in Southeast Asia.

Highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation as well as related policies and programming.

Kunstwerke, die verschwinden, erzählen die dramatischsten Geschichten – von den Wirren der Kriege, den Schrecken von Naturkatastrophen bis hin zu spektakulären Raubzügen und stillen Verlusten.

This work explores the experiences of Hans Werner Richter and Alfred Andersch, authors who served in the German army during World War II, were captured by U.

Not all casualties of war die on the battlefield.

An indispensable resource for those interested in the scourge of mass murder and genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, this book analyzes modern and contemporary controversies and issues to help readers to understand genocide in all its complexity.

Explores Britain''s most prominent armaments firms and their relationships with the British Government and foreign states from 1855 to 1955.

Founded in 2000, the German Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future is one of the largest transitional justice initiatives in history: in cooperation with its international partner organizations, it has to date paid over 4 billion euros to nearly 1.

Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in the First World War.

In September 1918, World War I was nearing its end when Marguerite E.

The belief that crime declines at the beginning of major wars, as young men are drawn into the armed forces, and increases with the restoration of peace, as brutalised veterans are released on to a labour market reorganising for peace, has a long pedigree in Britain.

Veteran Activism and the Global War on Terror is the first study of the literature of dissent that has emerged from the veterans of the global War on Terror.

Coming into existence amid a wave of optimism in 2011, South Sudan has since slid into violence and conflict.

Palestinian prisoners charged with security-related offences are immediately taken as a threat to Israel's security.

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The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established in 1993 and is due to complete its trials by 2011.

Eleven Months to Freedom recounts the daring World War I escape of German midshipman Erich Killinger.

The Evacuation of Singapore to the Prison Camps of Sumatra aims to describe the events prior to, during and after the Fall of Singapore and the ways in which former prisoners are remembered on Bangka Island today.

Millions of Soviet soldiers died in the USSR's struggle for survival against Nazi Germany but millions more returned to Stalin's state after victory.

Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.

How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans?