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Prisoners of America's Wars

- From the Early Republic to Guantanamo
Af: Stephanie Carvin Engelsk Hardback

Prisoners of America's Wars

- From the Early Republic to Guantanamo
Af: Stephanie Carvin Engelsk Hardback
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Prisoners of war have featured in virtually every conflict that the US has engaged in since its revolutionary beginnings. Today visitors to Washington will frequently see a black POW flag flying high on government buildings or war memorials in silent memory. This act of fealty towards prisoners reflects a history where they have frequently been a rallying point, source of outrage and problem for both military and political leaders. This is as true for the 2003 Iraq War as it was the American Revolution. Yet, the story of prisoners in American wars (both enemies taken and soldiers captured) reveals much about the nation itself; how it fights conflicts and its attitudes towards laws of war. A nation born out of an exceptional ideology, the United States has frequently found itself faced with the contradictory imperatives to be both exemplary and secure: while American diplomats might be negotiating a treaty at The Hague, American soldiers could be fighting a bloody insurrection where it seemed that few if any rules applied. By taking a historical approach, this book demonstrates that the challenges America faced regarding international law and the war on terror were not entirely unique or unprecedented. Rather, to be properly understood, such dilemmas must be contextualized within the long history of those prisoners captured in American wars.
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Prisoners of war have featured in virtually every conflict that the US has engaged in since its revolutionary beginnings. Today visitors to Washington will frequently see a black POW flag flying high on government buildings or war memorials in silent memory. This act of fealty towards prisoners reflects a history where they have frequently been a rallying point, source of outrage and problem for both military and political leaders. This is as true for the 2003 Iraq War as it was the American Revolution. Yet, the story of prisoners in American wars (both enemies taken and soldiers captured) reveals much about the nation itself; how it fights conflicts and its attitudes towards laws of war. A nation born out of an exceptional ideology, the United States has frequently found itself faced with the contradictory imperatives to be both exemplary and secure: while American diplomats might be negotiating a treaty at The Hague, American soldiers could be fighting a bloody insurrection where it seemed that few if any rules applied. By taking a historical approach, this book demonstrates that the challenges America faced regarding international law and the war on terror were not entirely unique or unprecedented. Rather, to be properly understood, such dilemmas must be contextualized within the long history of those prisoners captured in American wars.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9781849040501
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1849040508
Kategori: Krigsfanger
Udg. Dato: 1 aug 2010
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 147mm
Højde: 226mm
Forlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 1 aug 2010
Forfatter(e): Stephanie Carvin
Forfatter(e) Stephanie Carvin

Kategori Krigsfanger

ISBN-13 9781849040501

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 288

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 147mm

Højde 226mm

Udg. Dato 1 aug 2010

Oplagsdato 1 aug 2010

Forlag C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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