Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict

Major Christopher J. Koschnitzky is a U.S. Army Judge Advocate and Military Professor at the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College. Major Koschnitzky has deployed to Afghanistan and Africa to advise commanders on the law of armed conflict. In previous assignments, Major Koschnitzky has served as a criminal defense attorney, and as the Army and Department of Defense's agency counsel for civil litigation challenges to their personnel policies in federal courts.

Michael N. Schmitt is the G. Norman Lieber Distinguished Scholar at the U.S. Military Academy, Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar at the University of Texas, and the Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. Naval War College. He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who served as both an intelligence officer and judge advocate. He is the Director of the Tallinn Manual 3.0 Project, Executive Editor of the journal International Law Studies, and General Editor of OUP's Lieber Studies series.