The deaths of others : the fate of civilians in America's wars /

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Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000 in World War II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq; over 1,000 in Afghanistan--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far gre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tirman, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1900-2099
Civilians in war.
Battle casualties.
War and society > United States.
Militarism > United States.
Guerre > Participation des civils.
Batailles > Pertes.
Guerre et société > États-Unis.
Militarisme > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military.
Battle casualties
Civilians in war
Militarism
Military policy
Public opinion
War and society
United States of America.
Wars.
Military policy.
Civilian population.
Military history.
Public opinion.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Foreign public opinion.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 21e siècle.
États-Unis > Opinion publique étrangère.
United States
Electronic books.
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars
  • American wars and the culture of violence
  • Strategic bombing in the Second World War
  • The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting
  • The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility
  • The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy
  • Iraq : the twenty years' war
  • Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier
  • Three atrocities and the rules of engagement
  • Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic
  • The epistemology of war.

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