MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01762cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2010010232
003 DLC
005 20110614082231.0
008 100318s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010010232
020 $a9780231701563 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a023170156X (hbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn565478248
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dIUL$dUCDLL$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE181$b.C44 2010
082 00 $a355.00973$222
100 1 $aCarvin, Stephanie,$d1978-
245 10 $aPrisoners of America's wars :$bfrom the early republic to Guantanamo /$cStephanie Carvin.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bColumbia University Press,$cc2010.
300 $axi, 336 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-330) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Culture or carnage? : the laws of war in the first wars of the republic, 1750-1860 -- "Manifest" humanitarians : the United States, international law, and modern warfare, 1860-1950 -- Legal revolution : America and the laws of war after Vietnam -- Just cause and just means? : linking the purpose and tactics of war after 9/11 -- Failure of an ethos? : Operation Iraqi Freedom, America, and Abu Ghraib -- Conclusion : The United States and the future of the laws of war -- Appendix A : Interrogation techniques, 25 October 2002 -- Appendix B : Interrogation techniques, 16 April 2003.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$xHistory.
650 0 $aPrisoners of war$xLegal status, laws, etc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aWar (International law)$xHistory.