Road of Stars to SantiagoUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1994 - 197 páginas Revelations of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. detention camp at Guant namo Bay had repercussions extending beyond the worldwide media scandal that ensued. The controversy surrounding photos and descriptions of inhumane treatment of enemy prisoners of war, or EPWs, from the war on terror marked a watershed momentin the study of modern warfare and the treatment of prisoners of war. Amid allegations of human rights violations and war crimes, one question stands out among the rest: Was the treatment of America's most recent prisoners of war an isolated event or part of a troubling and complex issue that is deeply rooted in our nation's military history?Military expert Robert C. Doyle's The Enemy in Our Hands: America's Treatment of Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror draws from diverse sources to answer this question. Historical as well as timely in its content, this work examines America's major wars and past conflicts -- among them, the American Revolution, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Vietnam -- to provide understanding of the UnitedStates' treatment of military and civilian prisoners. The Enemy in Our Hands offers a new perspective of U.S. military history on the subject of EPWs and suggests that the tactics employed to manage prisoners of war are unique and disparate from one conflict tothe next. In addition to other vital information, Doyle provides a cultural analysis and exploration of U.S. adherence to international standards of conduct, including the 1929 Geneva Convention in each war. Although wars are not won or lost on the basis of how EPWs are treated, the treatment of prisoners is one of the measures by which history's conquerors are judged. |
Contenido
Day of St James | 6 |
Roncesvalles | 12 |
Sacred and Profane | 19 |
Bread Meerschaum and Pamplona | 25 |
Travels with Alberto and Yako | 32 |
Fiesta the Black Santiago Eunate | 41 |
Pilgrimage and Picaresque | 51 |
La Rioja | 63 |
Desert of the Lions | 125 |
Through Leon | 131 |
The Pass | 141 |
Paradise and Hell | 150 |
PART THREE | 157 |
Galicia | 158 |
Samos Sarria and a Cup of Milk | 170 |
On the Road | 177 |
Of Saints Cocks and Hens | 74 |
St Dominic of the Causeway to St John of the Nettles | 85 |
Through Burgos | 92 |
PART TWO | 103 |
Water | 104 |
Exhibits of Life and Death | 116 |
Detours Lavacolla Mountjoy | 183 |
In the Camels Stomach | 188 |
The End of the World | 192 |
195 | |
Acknowledgments | |
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The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages Maryjane Dunn,Linda Kay Davidson Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
The Miracles of Saint James: Translations from the Liber Sancti Jacobi Thomas F. Coffey,Linda Kay Davidson,Maryjane Dunn Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |