Other warfare and defence issues

The first comprehensive monograph on the defence of superior orders after the second world war, which remains pre-eminent in the field, the republication of this highly-sophisticated work once again makes this book available to scholars and students in the field.

A multifaceted look at historian Raul Hilberg, tracing the evolution of Holocaust research from a marginal subdiscipline into a vital intellectual project.

Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998, international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance.

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Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad and his junta regime have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Syrians in the name of fighting terrorism.

Wie kann man erlittene Gewalt und Massenmord in den unterschiedlichen Lagern erzählen und eine adäquate Sprache dafür finden, die das Erlittene weder banalisiert noch als überwunden beruhigend automatisiert?

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the British military held 46 trials in Hong Kong in which 123 defendants, from Japan and Formosa (Taiwan), were tried for war crimes.

THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE HOLOCAUST FOR 30 YEARSTwo fundamental questions about the Holocaust must be asked:How did it happen?

The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film.

Over the past ten years the content and application of international law in armed conflict has changed dramatically.

On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.

In the years following the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, Serbian social, cultural and political responses to the wars of the 1990s have fallen under intense scrutiny.

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupation.

The challenges facing military veterans who return to civilian life in the United States are persistent and well documented.

International Arms Trade has always been a powerful and multi-functional constituent of world politics and international diplomacy.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE'A wake-up call' Amal Clooney'Devastating.

All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as self-explanatory through its implied storyline of gender and warring.

The complete story of the evolution and organisational history of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps.

Between the interiors of the USA and Mexico lies a borderland: Amexica.

Established as one of the main sources for the study of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, this volume provides an article-by-article analysis of the Statute; the detailed analysis draws upon relevant case law from the Court itself, as well as from other international and national criminal tribunals, academic commentary, and related instruments such as the Elements of Crimes, the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, and the Relationship Agreement with the United Nations.

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves.

The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political and legal transformation.

The mass imprisonment of over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry during World War II was one of the most egregious violations of civil liberties in United States history.

This book addresses the inadequacies of just war theory and international law regarding civilian rights, developing new principles of individual restorative justice.

During World War II 51,000 Italian prisoners of war were detained in the United States.

The wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s were the deadliest European conflicts since World War II.

Bien que chaque soldat ait une histoire qui lui est propre, tous partagent de fortes expériences collectives.

The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin.

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This innovative collection offers one of the first analyses of criminologies of the military from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The trial of major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg was a landmark event in the development of modern international law, and continues to be highly influential in our understanding of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

A unique view of European governments'' reaction to genocide in the post-Cold War world.

"e;A welcomed addition to the growing literature on the care of disabled Civil War veterans .

The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II is one of the most shameful episodes in American history.

Although the United States did not enter the First World War until April 1917, Canada enlisted the moment Great Britain engaged in the conflict in August 1914.

Ever since Thucydides pondered reasons for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, writers, philosophers, and social scientists have tried to identify factors that promote conflict escalation: for example, history (tomorrow's wars are often rooted in yesterday's conflicts), changing balance of power among nations, or domestic political forces.

Chapter 1 assesses (1) the status of the Army's near- and long-term modernization efforts; and (2) the extent to which the Army has applied.

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.

New perspectives on the relationship - or the perceived relationship - between the German language and the causes, nature, and legacy of National Socialism and the Shoah.

Examines the struggle to ensure that war crimes which took place during the Second World War were prosecuted.

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

First in-depth, comparative study of the treatment of prisoners of war during the First World War.

Discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II.

The typical wounded soldier must complete and file 22 forms following an active-duty injury.

The definitive history of MI9's emergency escape and evasion mapping programme and the contribution the maps made to victory in 1945.