Life and death in captivity : the abuse of prisoners during war / Geoffrey P.R. Wallace.
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780801453434 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780801455742 (e-book)
- 355.1/296 23
- UB800 .W35 2015eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.