Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Captivity in War during the Twentieth Century

The Forgotten Diplomatic Role of Transnational Actors

Av Marcel Berni, Tamara Cubito

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This book offers new international perspectives on captivity in wartime during the twentieth century. It explores how global institutions and practices with regard to captives mattered, how they evolved and most importantly, how they influenced the treatment of captives. From the beginning of the twentieth century, international organisations, neutral nations and other actors with no direct involvement in the respective wars often had to fill in to support civilian as well as military captives and to supervise their treatment. This edited volume puts these actors, rather than the captives themselves, at the centre in order to assess comparatively their contributions to wartime captivity. Taking a global approach, it shows that transnational bodies - whether non-governmental organisations, neutral states or individuals - played an essential role in dealing with captives in wartime. Chapters cover both the largest wars, such as the two World Wars, but also lesser-known conflicts, tohighlight how captives were placed at the centre of transnational negotiations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2021-08-28
Mått: 148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt: 329 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 182
Upplaga: 21001
Förlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN: 9783030650940

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Marcel Berni is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He specialises in the history of the Cold War. His dissertation on the treatment of communist captives during Vietnam's American War has won the André Corvisier Prize.Tamara Cubito is a Research and Teaching Fellow at the Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She recently completed her PhD on the treatment of enemy aliens in the British colonies during the First World War.

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“The contribution of this book to the field of war captivity studies is much welcomed. Not only do the chapters discuss the well-known cases of the two world wars, but they also include other armed conflicts that are rarely explored by captivity historians. The book has the great merit of showing that captivity and internment policies during the twentieth century were deployed in different areas around the world ... .” (Jean-Michel Turcotte, H-Net Reviews, h-net.org, May, 2024)

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