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Unlawful Combatants - A Genealogy of the Irregular Fighter

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Informationen zum Autor Sibylle Scheipers is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Before joining the School of International Relations, she was Director of Studies of the Changing Character of War Programme at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the law of armed conflict, prisoners-of-war, irregular fighters, and detention and interrogation in the 'war on terror'. Klappentext The book investigates the emergence and the development of irregular fighters, such as guerrillas, rebels, insurgents, and terrorists throughout the history of modern war. It presents a historically based critique of the twenty-first century notion of the irregular fighter as an 'unlawful combatant'. Zusammenfassung The book investigates the emergence and the development of irregular fighters, such as guerrillas, rebels, insurgents, and terrorists throughout the history of modern war. It presents a historically based critique of the twenty-first century notion of the irregular fighter as an 'unlawful combatant'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Making of the Irregular Fighter, 1740-1815 3: The Nineteenth Century: Rebels, Rifles, and the Laws of War 4: The Second World War: Anti-Partisan Warfare, Genocide, and the Rebirth of the Auxiliary Fighter 5: Wars in the Colonies: Orientalism and the Social Production of Colonial Subjects 6: Irregular Fighters in the Twenty-first Century: Between 'Unlawful Combatants' and 'Rebel' Auxiliaries 7: Conclusion Bibliography

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