1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789923103321

Titolo

Civilians and modern war : armed conflict and the ideology of violence / / edited by Daniel Rothbart, Karina V. Korostelina and Mohammed D. Cherkaoui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-54634-5

9786613858795

1-136-33340-1

0-203-12256-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

War, conflict and ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

CherkaouiMohammed D. <1960->

KorostelinaK. V (Karina Valentinovna)

RothbartDaniel

Disciplina

305.9/0695

Soggetti

Civilians in war

Combatants and noncombatants (International law)

Civilian war casualties

War victims

Military history, Modern - 20th century

Military history, Modern - 21st century

War - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Civilians and Modern War; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. The place and plight of civilians in modern war; Part I: Targeting civilians; 2. The role of civilians in American war ideology; 3. Devastating civilians at home: the plight of Crimean Tatars and Californians of Asian descent during World War; 4. Military culture and civilian victimization: the Allied bombing of Germany in World War II; 5. Double victims: the recruitment and treatment of child soldiers in Chechnya; Part II: Preserving civilian immunity

6. The politics of civilian identity7. Israeli soldiers' perceptions of



Palestinian civilians during the 2009 Gaza War; 8. Civilian vulnerability in asymmetric conflict: lessons from the Second Lebanon and Gaza Wars; 9. In the shadow of soldiers: faceless victims in public media narrative; 10. Civilians, pundits, and the mediatized ideology; Part III: Redressing anti-civilian; 11. Trans-regional military dimensions of civilian protection: a two-part problem with a two-part solution; 12. Civilians under the law: inequality, universalisms, and intersectionality as intervention

13. The price of justice14. Preventing genocide: towards systematic engagement by states; 15. Making amends: a new expectation for civilian losses in armed conflict; 16. Conclusion: the road ahead; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the issue of civilian devastation in modern warfare, focusing on the complex processes that effectively establish civilians' identity in times of war.Underpinning the physicality of war's tumult are structural forces that create landscapes of civilian vulnerability. Such forces operate in four sectors of modern warfare: nationalistic ideology, state-sponsored militaries, global media, and international institutions. Each sector promotes its own constructions of civilian identity in relation to militant combatants: constructions that prove lethal to the civil