000			01141cam a2200181 i 4500
020			_a9780199646111
100	1		_aScheipers, Sibylle.
245	1	0	_aUnlawful combatants :
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_axiii, 269 pages ;
505	0		_aThe making of the irregular fighter, 1740-1815 -- The nineteenth century: rebels, rifles, and the laws of war -- The Second World War: anti-partisan warfare, genocide, and the rebirth of the auxiliary fighter -- Wars in the colonies: orientalism and the social production of colonial subjects -- Irregular fighters in the twenty-first century: between "unlawful combatants" and "rebel" auxiliaries -- Conclusion.
520			_aThe 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'.
650		0	_aIrregular warfare
650		0	_aUnlawful combatants
650		0	_aWar (International law)
650		0	_aMilitary history, Modern.
942			_cBK
999			_c1673 _d1673