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America's Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
Paul J. Springer
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Description for America's Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
Hardcover. Notwithstanding the long shadows cast by Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the United States has been generally humane in the treatment of prisoners of war, reflecting a desire to both respect international law and provide the kind of treatment we would want for our own troops if captured. This work looks at American POW policy and practice. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Notwithstanding the long shadows cast by Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the United States has been generally humane in the treatment of prisoners of war, reflecting a desire to both respect international law and provide the kind of treatment we would want for our own troops if captured. In this first comprehensive study of the subject in more than half a century, Paul Springer presents an in-depth look at American POW policy and practice from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Springer contends that our nation's creation and application of POW policy has been repeatedly improvised ... Read more
Notwithstanding the long shadows cast by Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the United States has been generally humane in the treatment of prisoners of war, reflecting a desire to both respect international law and provide the kind of treatment we would want for our own troops if captured. In this first comprehensive study of the subject in more than half a century, Paul Springer presents an in-depth look at American POW policy and practice from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Springer contends that our nation's creation and application of POW policy has been repeatedly improvised ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700617173
SKU
V9780700617173
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About Paul J. Springer
Paul J. Springer teaches leadership and strategy at the Air Command and Staff College in Montgomery, Alabama, and has also taught at Texas A&M University and the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Reviews for America's Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror (Modern War Studies (Hardcover))
"At last, a balanced treatment of a subject whose modern history has been marked as much by ignorance and demagoguery as by reason and rule of law. It belongs on the desk of any scholar, policymaker, legislator, or bureaucrat who is contending with the legal aftermath of the War on Terror and its implications for the law of war." Roger ... Read more