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Life and death in captivity : the abuse of prisoners during war / Geoffrey P.R. Wallace.

By: Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Description: xiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801453434 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.1/296 23
LOC classification:
  • UB800 .W35 2015
Contents:
Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index.

Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.

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