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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender, innocence, and civilization -- Martial piety in the medieval and chivalric codes of war -- Civilization and empire: Francisco de Vitoria and Hugo Grotius -- General orders 100, Union General Sherman's March to Atlanta, and the Sand Creek Massacre -- The 1899 Martens Clause and the 1949 IV Geneva Convention -- The Algerian Civil War and the 1977 Protocols Additional -- The civil wars of Guatemala and El Salvador -- Responsibility.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.