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In 1899, the lives of many young men are threatened in the bloody battles of the Boer War. Sent down from university, Matthew Paget enlists to go to South Africa as a trooper. He goes in search of adventure, only to find himself caught up in the turmoil of this beautiful but tragically divided country - and in love with a girl on the enemy side.

When Lila Cunningham moved to Malta, she glimpsed a chance of a life she had dreamed of. But then, Malta became the focus of Hitler's attention just as Lila became the focus of attention of three different men. As Lila learns to live with privation and fear, she slowly realises the value of true love in all its forms.

On the fifteenth of February, 1879, the day on which Queen Supayalat of Mandalay ordered eighty members of the royal family to be clubbed to death, Maria Beresford celebrated her twenty-first birthday. When her father was sent to Burma, and she had to accompany him, she became embroiled in an exotic world of political intrigue.

The laws of war are facing new challenges from emerging technologies and changing methods of warfare, as well as the growth of human rights and international criminal law. International mechanisms of accountability have increased and international criminal law has greater relevance in the calculations of political and military leaders, yet perpetrators often remain at large and the laws of war raise numerous normative, structural and systemic issues and problems. This edited collection brings together leading academic, military and professional experts to examine the key issues for the...

This book brings together leading experts to explore contemporary issues facing the laws of war.