Crimes of War
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| Author | Roy Gutman, David Rieff |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Human Rights |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date |
July 12, 1999; revised (2.0) 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN |
0-393-04746-6 (Hardback) ISBN 0-393-31914-8 (Paperback) ISBN 0-393-32846-5 (2.0, 2007) |
| OCLC | 40499774 |
| 341.6/9 21 | |
| LC Class | K5301 .C75 1999 |
Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know is a 1999 reference book edited by Roy Gutman and David Rieff that offers a compendium of more than 150 entries of articles and photographs that broadly define "international humanitarian law", a subject that involves most of the legal and political aspects of modern conflict.
The 352-page book, published by W.W. Norton, contains 80 photographs, two maps and extensive sources.
In this A-to-Z guide, journalists, television reporters and photographers, together with leading legal scholars and military law experts, define the major war crimes and key terms of law and take a fresh look at nine recent wars using the framework of international humanitarian law.
Contributors include reporters and photojournalists. Sydney Schanberg, William Shawcross, Justice Richard Goldstone and Christiane Amanpour are among those included, with a foreword by Justice Richard Goldstone, the UN Tribunal's first prosecutor. Photographers include Gilles Peress and Annie Leibovitz.
The book is part of a comprehensive project started by Roy Gutman which includes educational initiatives and additional articles. It has been published in 11 languages, including Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian and Chinese. A revised edition (2.0) with updated articles was published in October 2007 by W.W. Norton.
Reviews
- "Crimes of War is fascinating and quite probably indispensable for anyone whose job it is to cover conflicts." --The Evening Standard
- "A riveting mixture of reporters' accounts of war crimes in every continent, coupled with essays by lawyers on international humanitarian law." --The Guardian
Detailed release information
- Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, Gutman, Roy, and David Rieff. W. W. Norton & Company, New York City: 1999, ISBN 0-393-04746-6 ISBN 0-393-31914-8 (Pbk.)