List of Illustrations Introduction Preface: Shielding and the Destruction of Gaza 1 * Civil War Humane Warfare in the United States 2 * Irregulars The Franco-German War and the Legal Use of Human Shields 3 * Settlers The Second Boer War and the Limits of Liberal Humanitarianism 4 * Reports World War I and the German use of Human Screens 5 * Peace Army International Pacifism and Voluntary Shielding during the Sino-Japanese War 6 * Emblem The Italo-Ethiopian War and Red Cross Medical Facilities 7 * Nuremberg Nazi Human Shielding and the Lack of Civilian Protections 8 * Codification The Geneva Conventions and the Passive Civilian 9 * People's War Casting Vietnamese Resistance as Human Shielding 10 * Environment Green Human Shielding 11 * Resistance Antimilitary Activism in Iraq and Palestine 12 * Humanitarian Crimes The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 13 * Manuals Military Handbooks as Lawmaking Tools 14 * Scale Human Shielding in Sri Lanka and the Principle of Proportionality 15 * Hospitals The Use of Medical Facilities as Shields 16 * Proximity Civilians Trapped in the Midst of the War on ISIS 17 * Info-War The Gaza Wars and Social Media 18 * Posthuman Shielding Drone Warfare and New Surveillance Technologies 19 * Women and Children Gender, Passivity, and Human Shields 20 * Spectacle Viral Images That Dehumanize or Humanize Shields 21 * Computer Games Human Shields in Virtual Wars 22 * Protest Civil Disobedience as an Act of War Epilogue: Shielding Genocide Acknowledgments Notes References Index.