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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Main Author: Scheipers, Sibylle
Corporate Author: Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary: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 combatant.'
Physical Description:xiii, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-256) and index.
ISBN:9780199646111
0199646112