%0 Journal Article
%T When does war end? Armistice and the Prize Courts of the twentieth century
%A Sarah Craze
%J International Journal of Maritime History
%@ 2052-7756
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0843871418822437
%X This article uses prize law to examine the end of war in the twentieth century. The Armistice agreement that concluded the First World War enshrined the victor¡¯s right to seize enemy merchant ships after the cessation of military hostilities, shifting the legal understanding of a hostile act. This disconnection turned prize into a strategic tool for victors to use over belligerents. This appeared again in the Second World War, when prize courts condoned the taking of prize after Germany¡¯s surrender. Egypt used prize law as a strategic tool to continue its prohibition against Israel¡¯s use of the Suez Canal. The article concludes prize-taking in the twentieth century was not just a historical curiosity, but a strategic imperative for victors
%K armistice
%K Arab-Israeli relations
%K First World War
%K prize law
%K Second World War
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0843871418822437