Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire

by Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini

A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon.

From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to the United States, human beings have been used as shields for protection, coercion, or deterrence. Over the past decade, human shields have also appeared with increasing frequency in antinuclear struggles,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520301846
• ISBN13: 9780520301849
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"