UID:
almafu_9961864689802883
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781009573481
,
1009573489
,
9781009573498
,
1009573497
,
9781139104203
,
1139104209
Content:
"Surrender in warfare has determined the fate of governments, states, and nations. However surrender, prisoners of war, and detainees have rarely been addressed as general phenomena in warfare. Leaving the Fight is then an essential history of the evolution of surrender from the Middle Ages to the present day"--
Note:
Introduction: Focus and Framework -- The Invention of European Honorable Surrender during the Age of Chivalry -- The Honors of War in Early Modern Surrender, 1650-1789 -- The American Civil War and its Aftermath: Confederate Surrender Transformed into Racist Victory, 1861-1877 -- Fighting and Ending the 'War to End War' on the Western Front, 1914-1919 -- Surrender in a War of Extremes, 1937-1945 -- Substitutes for Victory - Stalemate, Surrender, and Prisoners of War in America's Cold War Conflicts, 1950-1973 -- Combat, Detention Operations, and Surrender during the War on Terror, 2001-2021 -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107020511
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107020514
Language:
English
