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The civilianization of war : the changing civil-military divide, 1914-2014 /
Distinguishing between civilians and combatants is a central aspect of modern conflicts. Yet such distinctions are rarely upheld in practice. This book offers new ways of understanding civilians' exposure to violence in war. Each chapter explores a particular approach to the political, legal, o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Human rights in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Distinguishing between civilians and combatants is a central aspect of modern conflicts. Yet such distinctions are rarely upheld in practice. This book offers new ways of understanding civilians' exposure to violence in war. Each chapter explores a particular approach to the political, legal, or cultural distinctions between civilians and combatants during twentieth-century and contemporary conflicts. The volume as a whole suggests that the distinction between combatants and non-combatants is dynamic and oft-times unpredictable, rather than fixed and reciprocally understood. Contributors offer new insights into why civilian targeting has become a strategy for some, and how in practice its avoidance can be so difficult to achieve. Several discuss distinct population groups that have been particularly exposed to wartime violence, including urban populations facing aerial bombing, child soldiers, captives, and victims of sexual violence. The book thus offers multiple perspectives on the civil-military divide within modern conflicts, an issue whose powerful contemporary resonance is all too apparent. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 334 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108570015 1108570011 9781108643542 110864354X 1108640710 9781108640718 |