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This is a book about how civilians suffer in war and why people decide that they should. Most civilian suffering in war is deliberate and always has been. Massa
Sparing Civilians
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising
The Deaths of Others
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Authors: John Tirman
Categories: Political Science
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Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq--and rightly so. But
Targeting Civilians in War
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Authors: Alexander B. Downes
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Accidental harm to civilians in warfare often becomes an occasion for public outrage, from citizens of both the victimized and the victimizing nation. In this v
Innocent Civilians
Language: en
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Authors: C. McKeogh
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Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed? By tracing the evolution of the principle of non-combatant immunity in Western tho