Violence and restraint in civil war : civilian targeting in the shadow of international law / Jessica A. Stanton, University of Pennsylvania.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanton, Jessica A., 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilians in war.

Civilians in war--Case studies.

Civil war--Protection of civilians.

Civil war.

Civil war--Protection of civilians--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 321 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Media coverage of civil wars often focuses on the most gruesome atrocities and the most extreme conflicts, which might lead one to think that all civil wars involve massive violence against civilians. In truth, many governments and rebel groups exercise restraint in their fighting, largely avoiding violence against civilians in compliance with international law. Governments and rebel groups make strategic calculations about whether to target civilians by evaluating how domestic and international audiences are likely to respond to violence. Restraint is also a deliberate strategic choice: governments and rebel groups often avoid targeting civilians and abide by international legal standards to appeal to domestic and international audiences for diplomatic support. This book presents a wide range of evidence of the strategic use of violence and restraint, using original data on violence against civilians in civil wars from 1989 to 2010 as well as in-depth analyses of conflicts in Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Indonesia, Sudan, Turkey, and Uganda"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Strategies of violence and restraint

A new data set on violence against civilians in civil war

Quantitative analysis of government and rebel group violence and restraint

Government restraint in Indonesia

Rebel group restraint in Aceh and East Timor

Variation in government violence against civilians: Turkey and Sudan

Variation in rebel group violence against civilians: Turkey, El Salvador, and Azerbaijan

Extreme rebel group violence against civilians: the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda

Conclusion.

Notes:

Partially based on author's thesis (doctoral - Columbia University, 2009) under the title: Strategies of violence and restraint in civil war.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.

ISBN:

9781107069107

1107069106

9781107670945

1107670942

OCLC:

945356493

Publisher Number:

40026573463