Targeting Civilians in War /

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By exploring several historical cases (some as recent as the 1991 Persian Gulf War), the author examines why democratic and authoritarian governments alike will sometimes deliberately kill large numbers of civilians as a matter of military strategy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Downes, Alexander B., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zivilbevölkerung.
Kriegsopfer.
Zivilbevölkerung
Kriegsopfer
War victims.
War and society.
Politics and war.
Military history, Modern.
Civilians in war.
Civilian war casualties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Histoire militaire > 20e siecle.
Politique et guerre > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre et societe > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Victimes de guerre > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre > Participation des civils.
Guerre civile > Pertes > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
Politics and war > History > 20th century.
War and society > History > 20th century.
War victims > History > 20th century.
Civilian war casualties > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining and explaining civilian victimization
  • Statistical tests : civilian victimization, mass killing, and civilian casualties in interstate wars
  • The starvation blockades of World War I : Britain and Germany
  • Strategic bombing in World War II : the firebombing of Japan and the blitz
  • Guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, and civilian victimization : the second Anglo-Boer War
  • Territorial annexation and civilian victimization : the founding of the state of Israel, 1947-49
  • Negative cases : why civilian victimization doesn't happen.

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