The War on Terror and the Laws of War: A Military Perspective

by Michael W. Lewis, Eric Talbot Jensen, Dru Brenner-Beck, et al.

Book Overview

When a soldier in the field of battle is under attack in a small village and comes upon a villager who could be a combatant or a civilian, what rules govern how that soldier should act? If the soldier detains the villager and determines that the villager is an unaffiliated combatant, what do the rules of detention require? In The War on Terror and the Laws of War, six legal scholars with experience as military officers bring practical wisdom to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195389212
• ISBN13: 9780195389210
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.4" x 6.1"