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Nachman Ben-Yehuda - Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare: Norms and Practices during the World Wars (Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics) - 9780472118892 - V9780472118892
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Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare: Norms and Practices during the World Wars (Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics)

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Description for Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare: Norms and Practices during the World Wars (Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics) Hardcover. In an era of changing ethics, the submarine has inaugurated a new type of unrestricted naval warfare Series: Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWN; HBWQ; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.

In the early 20th century, the diesel-electric submarine made possible a new type of unrestricted naval warfare. Such brutal practices as targeting passenger, cargo, and hospital ships not only violated previous international agreements; they were targeted explicitly at civilians. A deviant form of warfare quickly became the norm.

In Atrocity, Deviance, and Submarine Warfare, Nachman Ben-Yehuda recounts the evolution of submarine warfare, explains the nature of its deviance, documents its atrocities, and places these developments in the context of changing national identities and definitions of the ethical, at both social and individual levels. Introducing the concept of cultural cores, he traces ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118892
SKU
V9780472118892
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Nachman Ben-Yehuda is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He won a 2017 Law and Society Association International Award for significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the field of law and society.

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