Crimes of War

Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know is a 1999 reference book edited by Roy Gutman and David Rieff.[1] The 352-page book contains more than 150 entries, and was published by W.W. Norton.

Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know
AuthorRoy Gutman, David Rieff
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman Rights
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
July 12, 1999; revised (2.0) 2007
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages352 pp
ISBN0-393-04746-6 (Hardback)
ISBN 0-393-31914-8 (Paperback)
ISBN 0-393-32846-5 (2.0, 2007)
OCLC40499774
341.6/9 21
LC ClassK5301 .C75 1999

The book collects reporters' accounts of war crimes with essays by lawyers on international humanitarian law to examine war crimes and the laws of war.[2] Contributors include Sydney Schanberg, William Shawcross, Christiane Amanpour, and Justice Richard Goldstone, the UN Tribunal's first prosecutor, who provides a foreword. Photographers featured include Gilles Peress and Annie Leibovitz.

The book is part of a comprehensive project started by Gutman which includes educational initiatives and additional articles. It has been published in 11 languages, including Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian and Chinese. A revised edition (2.0) with updated articles was published in October 2007 by W.W. Norton.

Reviews
  • "Crimes of War is fascinating and quite probably indispensable for anyone whose job it is to cover conflicts." --The Evening Standard
  • "A riveting mixture of reporters' accounts of war crimes in every continent, coupled with essays by lawyers on international humanitarian law." --The Guardian [2]

Detailed release information
  • Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, Gutman, Roy, and David Rieff. W. W. Norton & Company, New York City: 1999, ISBN 0-393-04746-6 ISBN 0-393-31914-8 (Pbk.)

References
  1. "Editors of Crimes of War". ResearchGate. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Steele, Jonathan (1999-07-30). "Not as easy to spot a war crime as one might imagine". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-26.


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