@article{1439281,
      recid = {1439281},
      author = {Berni, Marcel, and Cubito, Tamara,},
      title = {Captivity in war during the twentieth century : the  forgotten diplomatic role of transnational actors /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book offers new international perspectives on  captivity in wartime during the twentieth century. It  explores how global institutions and practices with regard  to captives mattered, how they evolved and most  importantly, how they influenced the treatment of captives.  From the beginning of the twentieth century, international  organisations, neutral nations and other actors with no  direct involvement in the respective wars often had to fill  in to support civilian as well as military captives and to  supervise their treatment. This edited volume puts these  actors, rather than the captives themselves, at the centre  in order to assess comparatively their contributions to  wartime captivity. Taking a global approach, it shows that  transnational bodies - whether non-governmental  organisations, neutral states or individuals - played an  essential role in dealing with captives in wartime.  Chapters cover both the largest wars, such as the two World  Wars, but also lesser-known conflicts, to highlight how  captives were placed at the centre of transnational  negotiations. Marcel Berni is a Research and Teaching  Fellow at the Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich,  Switzerland. He specialises in the history of the Cold War.  His dissertation on the treatment of communist captives  during Vietnam's American War has won the Andre Corvisier  Prize. Tamara Cubito is a Research and Teaching Fellow at  the Swiss Military Academy at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. She  recently completed her PhD on the treatment of enemy aliens  in the British colonies during the First World War.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439281},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65095-7},
}