Detention and confinement--of both combatants and large groups of civilians--have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century.
In this book, Laleh Khalili counters these arguments, telling the story of how this proliferation of concentration camps, strategic hamlets, "security walls.
Counterinsurgency theoreticians and practitioners explain this dizzying rise of detention camps, internment centers, and enclavisation by arguing that such actions "protect" populations.
Detention and confinement--of both combatants and large groups of civilians--have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century