Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? InLife and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are ...treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual role played by regime type and the nature of the conflict in determining whether captor states opt for brutality or mercy. Integrating original data on prisoner treatment during the last century of interstate warfare with in-depth historical cases, Wallace demonstrates how domestic constraints and external incentives shape the fate of captured enemy combatants. Both Russia and Japan, for example, treated prisoners very differently in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and in World War II; the behavior of any given country is liable to vary from conflict to conflict and even within the same war.Democracies may be more likely to treat their captives humanely, yet this benevolence is rooted less in liberal norms of nonviolence than in concerns over public accountability. When such concerns are weak or absent, democracies are equally capable of brutal conduct toward captives. In conflicts that devolve into protracted fighting, belligerents may inflict violence against captives as part of a strategy of exploitation and to coerce the adversary into submission. When territory is at stake, prisoners are further at risk of cruel treatment as their captors seek to permanently remove the most threatening sources of opposition within newly conquered lands. By combining a rigorous strategic approach with a wide-ranging body of evidence, Wallace offers a vital contribution to the study of political violence and wartime conduct.
Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared for in others? InLife and Death in Captivity, Geoffrey P. R. Wallace explores the profound differences in the ways captives are treated during armed conflict. Wallace focuses on the dual role played by regime type and the nature of the conflict in determining whether captor states opt for brutality or mercy. Integrating original data on prisoner treatment during the last century of interstate warfare with in-depth historical cases, Wallace demonstrates how domestic constraints and external incentives shape the fate of captured enemy combatants. Both Russia and Japan, for example, treated prisoners very differently in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and in World War II; the behavior of any given country is liable to vary from conflict to conflict and even within the same war.
Democracies may be more likely to treat their captives humanely, yet this benevolence is rooted less in liberal norms of nonviolence than in concerns over public accountability. When such concerns are weak or absent, democracies are equally capable of brutal conduct toward captives. In conflicts that devolve into protracted fighting, belligerents may inflict violence against captives as part of a strategy of exploitation and to coerce the adversary into submission. When territory is at stake, prisoners are further at risk of cruel treatment as their captors seek to permanently remove the most threatening sources of opposition within newly conquered lands. By combining a rigorous strategic approach with a wide-ranging body of evidence, Wallace offers a vital contribution to the study of political violence and wartime conduct.
Death in the Forest Hinsey, Ellen
New England review (1990),
01/2011, Letnik:
32, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Hinsey takes a look at how the recent events in Poland could lead to new perspectives of unforeseen developments. The presidential plane crash on Apr 10, 2010 claimed the lives of Pres Lech ...Kaczynski, his wife, and ninety-four other public figures. The emotional impact of the accident, which took place as the official entourage arrived in Russia to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn Massacre, was profound. As if marking the event liturgically, an ash cloud from the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano floated all week over the funeral proceedings, preventing world leaders from participating in the ceremonies. In May and June historic flooding left swaths of Poland under water, the Vistula fording its banks across the country's plains. As event followed event, one began to have the impression that, two decades after Poland's historic rebirth in the June 1989 elections, a strange reckoning was taking place regarding the country's past, as well as its future.
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