The image before the weapon : a critical history of the distinction between combatant and civilian / Helen M. Kinsella.

Since at least the Middle Ages, the laws of war have distinguished between combatants and civilians under an injunction now formally known as the principle of distinction. The principle of distinction is invoked in contemporary conflicts as if there were an unmistakable and sure distinction to be ma...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Kinsella, Helen
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Combatants and noncombatants (International law)