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
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman Rights
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
July 12, 1999; revised (2.0) 2007
Publication placeUnited States
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, photojournalist Gilles Peress, and UN Messenger for Peace Anna Cataldi 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.

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  • "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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Editors of Crimes of War". ResearchGate. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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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