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Targeting civilians in war / Alexander B. Downes.
LIBRA U21.2 .D587 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downes, Alexander B., 1969-
- Series:
- Cornell studies in security affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilian war casualties--History--20th century.
- Civilian war casualties.
- War victims--History--20th century.
- War victims.
- War and society--History--20th century.
- War and society.
- Politics and war--History--20th century.
- Politics and war.
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Military history, Modern.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 315 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801446344
- 0801446341
- OCLC:
- 174040195
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