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Israel's death hierarchy : casualty aversion in a militarized democracy /

Whose life is worth more? That is the question that states inevitably face during wartime. Which troops are thrown to the first lines of battle and which ones remain relatively intact? How can various categories of civilian populations be protected? And when front and rear are porous, whose life sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, Yagil, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Colección:Warfare and culture series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The right to protect and the right to protection
  • Unbalancing and balancing the rights
  • Bereavement-motivated collective actors
  • Bereavement-motivated collective actors: a comparison
  • The death hierarchy
  • Casualty sensitivity breeds high lethality
  • Casualty sensitivity and political-military relations.