Название: Prisoners of War: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues)
Автор: Arnold Krammer
Издательство: Praeger Security International Reference
Страниц: 216
Формат: PDF
Размер: 14,5 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2007
ISBN: 0275993000
The fate of war prisoners through history has been cruel and haphazard. The lives of captives hung by a thread. Execution, enslavement, torture, or being held for ransom were equally likely. International agreements developed haltingly through the 19th and 20th centuries to culminate in the Geneva Accords of 1929. America's current War on Terror is causing a readjustment of centuries of POW policies. Prisoners of war are once again in the news as America and Western Europe grapple with a new, faceless enemy and the rules of war and the torture of POWs are open to reconsideration.
