Atrocities in Theory and Practice: An Introduction

What is it about?

Most prescriptive literature on how to stage an insurgency or wage a counterinsurgency campaign emphasises that one must treat non-combatants well and ideally bring them over to one's side. So why do so many insurgents and counterinsurgency forces commit atrocities against civilians? This article spells out the basic questions of this special issue.

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Why is it important?

This provides an original and generally unknown overview of what especially early modern literature on insurgencies and counterinsurgencies prescribes on how these conflicts should be fought.