Life and death in captivity
Subtitle: the abuse of prisoners during war
By: Geoffrey P. R. Wallace
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780801453434
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Abuse of; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: Repertoires of violence against prisoners; title: The captor's dilemma; title: Prisoners by the numbers; title: World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment; title: Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective; title: Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.