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Life and Death in Captivity - The Abuse of Prisoners during War (Hardcover)
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Life and Death in Captivity - The Abuse of Prisoners during War (Hardcover)
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Why are prisoners horribly abused in some wars but humanely cared
for in others? In Life 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.
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