How fighting ends : a history of surrender
2012
355.02 H833 2012
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Title
How fighting ends : a history of surrender
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Description
xx, 473 p. ; 26 cm.
Call Number
355.02 H833 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)769545002
Note
The history of surrender is one of the most neglected in the history of war, and yet it is vital to understanding not only how wars end but also how they are contained. This is a book with a chronological sweep that runs from the Stone Age to the present day, written by distinguished scholars--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: pt. 1. No quarter? The beginnings of surrender -- pt. 2. Leaning to surrender? The Middle Ages -- pt. 3. The development of rules and regulations : surrender in early modern times -- pt. 4. A question of honour : surrender in sea warfare -- pt. 5. The times of international law : surrender in modern wars -- pt. 6. Unconditional surrender? World War II -- pt. 7. Our times : asymmetric wars, endless wars and no surrender?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: pt. 1. No quarter? The beginnings of surrender -- pt. 2. Leaning to surrender? The Middle Ages -- pt. 3. The development of rules and regulations : surrender in early modern times -- pt. 4. A question of honour : surrender in sea warfare -- pt. 5. The times of international law : surrender in modern wars -- pt. 6. Unconditional surrender? World War II -- pt. 7. Our times : asymmetric wars, endless wars and no surrender?
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