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How fighting ends : a history of surrender
- Title
- How fighting ends : a history of surrender / edited by Holger Afflerbach and Hew Strachan.
- Author
- Afflerbach, Holger.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 13-727 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Strachan, Hew.
- Description
- xx, 473 p.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Readership Scholars and students of international relations, especially those interested in military history, and strategic studies Short Description The history of surrender is one of the most neglected in the history of war, and yet it is vital to understanding not only how wars end but also how they are contained. This is a book with a chronological sweep that runs from the Stone Age to the present day, written by a team of truly distinguished scholars"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. No quarter? The beginnings of surrender -- pt. 2. Leaning to surrender? The Middle Ages -- pt. 3. The development of rules and regulations : surrender in early modern times -- pt. 4. A question of honour : surrender in sea warfare -- pt. 5. The times of international law : surrender in modern wars -- pt. 6. Unconditional surrender? World War II -- pt. 7. Our times : asymmetric wars, endless wars and no surrender?
- Call Number
- JFF 13-727
- ISBN
- 9780199693627 (hardback)
- 0199693625 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2012002672
- 40021397553
- OCLC
- 769545002
- Author
- Afflerbach, Holger.
- Title
- How fighting ends : a history of surrender / edited by Holger Afflerbach and Hew Strachan.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Strachan, Hew.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40021397553
- Research Call Number
- JFF 13-727