The Geneva Conventions, along with its Additional Protocols, represent the fundamental documents on which the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) is established. Originally established under the premise of conventional warfare, these documents have also...
This pamphlet is intended to serve as a supplement to FM 27-10, "The Law of Land Warfare", 18 July 1956. Both Geneva and Hague conventions are described as well as additional agreements.
The United States Armed Forces in Iraq currently provides healthcare for thousands of detainees in U.S. custody. Required healthcare, in accordance with Department of Defense Directive and U.S. Army regulation, for detainees surpasses current...
This study explores the Geneva Convention of 1906 and the Hague Convention of 1907 and their effectiveness in protecting military medical personnel, facilities, and transport during World War I. The analysis focuses on violations against American,...
Special Forces (SF) has several characteristics that distinguish it from other forces in the U. S. military. Among these characteristics are a high level of maturity, a broader experience level, and regional orientation. Because of these...
The Geneva Convention and the problems that have developed for the United States military in the last 10 years has become an ethical dilemma. This is a result of other countries, including the so-called terrorist cells, not honoring or following...
This study examines the evolution and continued applicability of the corpus, both conventional and customary, that constitutes the law of war. The author provides a theoretical framework and the development of the law within Western and,...
In an attempt to protect the U.S. following the horrific events of September 11th and to conduct the Global War on Terrorism, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was established. Yet the continued operation of the facility,...
The Central Intelligence Agency is involved in a targeted killing program which the United States Government employs in its war on global terrorism. This program identifies terrorists and those facilitating terrorist activities and initiates lethal...
In 2003, the United States led a Coalition force into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein 's repressive Ba 19ath Party regime. Under the provisions of the Hague Regulation of 1907, the Coalition became an occupying power with all of the attendant rights...
This monograph directly addresses the problem posed when considering the question 'Who says what right is?' or 'Justice according to whom?' The relative nature of the term 'justice' creates a problem for military ethics, particularly when soldiers...
In 2009, conflict, violence and the fear of governmental persecution caused over forty-three million people worldwide, equivalent to the population of Canada, to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Twenty-seven million displaced within...
Prisons and detention centers are recruiting grounds for radical Islamists. The National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism Campaign Plan does not sufficiently develop a strategy to counter the violent Islamic ideologies in order to...
This is an Army Service Forces Manual, a Civil Affairs handbook on Korea highlighting agriculture. Topics include the land and people, salient features of Korean agriculture, agricultural production, food supply and food consumption, and the...
The US Army's experience with detainee operations spans the period from the Revolutionary War to the present. More to the point, over the past 60 years a body of international law and military regulations, the joint and Army doctrine derived from...
These are a collection of prisoner of war documents with languages and translations in English, German, Italian, French, and Japanese. Topics include the convention between the U.S.A. and other powers- amelioration of the condition of the wounded...
This paper examines the development of selected peace operations doctrines. The concept of peacekeeping was first articulated by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskkjold and manifests itself in the Nordic model of traditional...
Serves as a practical guide for officers of the Army of the United States in administering the "laws of war" and the application of correct legal principles to situations involving military government, martial law, and domestic disturbances.
The conduct of war is regulated by well-established and recognized rules that are designated as the "laws of war" which comprise the written and unwritten rules. This book contains the rules of land warfare in their entirety in addition to...