Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire 9780520301849, 9780520972285, 0520301846

Table of contents :
Cover
Human Shields
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 • Civil War Humane Warfare in the United States
2 • Irregulars The Franco-German War and the Legal Use of Human Shields
3 • Settlers The Second Boer War and the Limits of Liberal Humanitarianism
4 • Reports World War I and the German use of Human Screens
5 • Peace Army International Pacifism and Voluntary Shielding during the Sino-Japanese War
6 • Emblem The Italo-Ethiopian War and Red Cross Medical Facilities
7 • Nuremberg Nazi Human Shielding and the Lack of Civilian Protections
8 • Codification The Geneva Conventions and the Passive Civilian
9 • People’s War Casting Vietnamese Resistance as Human Shielding
10 • Environment Green Human Shielding
11 • Resistance Antimilitary Activism in Iraq and Palestine
12 • Humanitarian Crimes The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
13 • Manuals Military Handbooks as Lawmaking Tools
14 • Scale Human Shielding in Sri Lanka and the Principle of Proportionality
15 • Hospitals The Use of Medical Facilities as Shields
16 • Proximity Civilians Trapped in the Midst of the War on ISIS
17 • Info-War The Gaza Wars and Social Media
18 • Posthuman Shielding Drone Warfare and New Surveillance Technologies
19 • Women and Children Gender, Passivity, and Human Shields
20 • Spectacle Viral Images That Dehumanize or Humanize Shields
21 • Computer Games Human Shields in Virtual Wars
22 • Protest Civil Disobedience as an Act of War
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
9 • People’s War 86 Casting Vietnamese Resistance as Human Shielding
2 • Irregulars 26 The Franco-German War and the Legal Use of Human Shields
5 • Peace Army 53 International Pacifi sm and Voluntary Shielding
7 • Nuremberg 71 Nazi Human Shielding and the Lack of Civilian Protections
Introduction 1
3 • Settlers 35 The Second Boer War and the Limits of Liberal Humanitarianism
4 • Reports 43 World War I and the German use of Human Screens
6 • Emblem 60 The Italo-Ethiopian War and Red Cross Medical Facilities
1 • Civil War 16 Humane Warfare in the United States
8 • Codifi cation 78 The Geneva Conventions and the Passive Civilian
12 • Humanitarian Crimes 117 The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
18 • Posthuman Shielding 179 Drone Warfare and New Surveillance Technologies
19 • Women and Children 185 Gender, Passivity, and Human Shields
21 • Computer Games 201 Human Shields in Virtual Wars
10 • Environment 96 Green Human Shielding
11 • Resistance 108 Antimilitary Activism in Iraq and Palestine
15 • Hospitals 151 The Use of Medical Facilities as Shields
16 • Proximity 159 Civilians Trapped in the Midst of the War on ISIS
20 • Spectacle 191 Viral Images Th at Dehumanize or Humanize Shields
17 • Info-War 170 The Gaza Wars and Social Media
13 • Manuals 129 Military Handbooks as Lawmaking Tools
22 • Protest 208 Civil Disobedience as an Act of War
14 • Scale 140 Human Shielding in Sri Lanka and the Principle of Proportionality

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