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How Fighting Ends - A History of Surrender (Hardcover)
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How Fighting Ends - A History of Surrender (Hardcover)
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There are many histories of how wars have begun, but very few which
discuss how they have ended. This book fills that gap. Beginning
with the Stone Age and ending with globalized terrorism, it
addresses the specific issue of surrender, rather than the
subsequent establishment of peace. At its heart is the individual
warrior or soldier, and his or her decision to lay down arms. In
the ancient world surrender led in most cases to slavery, but a
slave still lived rather than died. In the modern world
international law gives the soldiers rights as prisoners of war,
and those rights include the prospect of their eventual return
home. But individuals can surrender at any point in a war, and
without having such an effect that they end the war. The
termination of hostilities depends on a collective act for its
consequences to be decisive. It also requires the enemy to accept
the offer to surrender in the midst of combat. In other words, like
so much else in war, surrender depends on reciprocity - on the
readiness of one side to stop fighting and of the other to accept
that readiness. This volume argues that surrender is the single
biggest contributor to the containment of violence in warfare,
offering the vanquished the opportunity to survive and the victor
the chance to show moderation and magnanimity. Since the rules of
surrender have developed over time, they form a key element in
understanding the cultural history of warfare.
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