AuthorBellamy, Alex J., 1975-
TitleMassacres and morality [electronic resource] : mass atrocities in an age of civilian immunity / Alex J. Bellamy
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199288427.001.0001
Descript 1 online resource (450 p.) : ill

SUMMARY

Starting with the French Revolution, this text studies mass killing as perpetrated by states. In particular, it examines the role that civilian immunity has played in shaping the behaviour of perpetrators and how international society has responded


SUBJECT

  1. War crimes -- History
  2. Massacres -- History
  3. Civilian war casualties -- History