{"product_id":"human-shields-a-history-of-people-in-the-line-of-fire-updated-with-a-new-preface-and-epilogue-9780520432406","title":"Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire, Updated with a New Preface and Epilogue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon--now with urgent new reflections on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn practically all contemporary wars, human shields are used to protect, coerce, deter, and legitimize lethal violence. Over the past decade, human shields have also appeared with increasing frequency in antinuclear struggles, civil and environmental protests, and even computer games. Those who use civilians to protect legitimate military targets commit a war crime; yet, accusing the enemy of hiding behind defenseless civilians has become a pretext for exercising inhumane violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Shields\u003c\/i\u003e covers key historical and contemporary moments across the globe, from Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to the conflict in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza. Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini demonstrate how the increasing weaponization of human beings has made the position of civilians trapped in theaters of violence more precarious and their lives more expendable. Showing how the law facilitates the use of lethal violence against vulnerable people while portraying it as humane, they also reveal how people can and do use their own vulnerability to resist violence and denounce forms of dehumanization. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eHuman Shields\u003c\/i\u003e unsettles our common ethical assumptions about violence and the law and urges us to imagine entirely new forms of humane politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeve Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Human Rights and the Politics of Humanitarian Law at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIsrael's Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Right to Dominate\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Perugini\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Right to Dominate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197391237394,"sku":"9780520432406","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e94de7a-d9f8-404f-84e6-a039a2aed021.jpg?v=1776166487","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/human-shields-a-history-of-people-in-the-line-of-fire-updated-with-a-new-preface-and-epilogue-9780520432406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}