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Hall Katharine |
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An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006 / / Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl |
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Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-03313-1 |
9786612033131 |
0-8330-4532-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (71 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Casualties |
Civilian war casualties - Iraq |
Violent deaths - Iraq |
Counterinsurgency |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; CHAPTER TWO- Counting Iraqi Civilian Deaths; The Lancet Studies; United Nations Reports; Iraq Body Count; Iraqi Government Statistics; Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE- Detailed Analysis of RAND's Civilian Violence Dataset; The RAND Dataset; A Closer Look at 2006: Who Is Being Attacked, Where, and How; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR- Recent Developments: COIN and the U.S. Military's Data Collection Effort; COIN and Iraq: Doctrine Versus Reality |
The Reduction of Violence in 2007: General Petraeus and the SurgeConclusions; CHAPTER FIVE- Conclusions and Recommendations: A Better Collection Framework; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The authors examine available open-source data on Iraqi civilian fatalities and assess problems associated with previous collection efforts. They present a more robust dataset and propose a framework for future data gathering in Iraq and beyond. |
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