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Book 2015

Unlawful Combatants

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
2015
  • Military art and science
  • Military history
  • Modern Military history
  • History
  • War (International law)
  • Irregular warfare
  • Unlawful combatants

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'.