Leaving the Fight: Surrender, Prisoners of War, and Detainees in Western Warfare

by John A. Lynn II

Surrender in warfare has determined the fate of governments, states, and nations. It has reduced powerful commanders to powerless captives and inflicted submission, degradation, and even death on common soldiers held as prisoners of war. It has also led to civilian detainees being grossly mistreated and murdered. However, surrender, prisoners of war, and detainees have rarely been addressed as general phenomena in warfare. Leaving the Fight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107020514
• ISBN13: 9781107020511
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages