LEADER 03251nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910460110203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-025237-5 010 $a1-283-09916-0 010 $a9786613099167 010 $a0-19-970099-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000083491 035 $a(EBL)694057 035 $a(OCoLC)726735448 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521907 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12162270 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521907 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522792 035 $a(PQKB)10037245 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000996859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC694057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL694057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10469429 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309916 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000083491 100 $a20101118d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe deaths of others$b[electronic resource] $ethe fate of civilians in America's wars /$fJohn Tirman 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-993401-0 311 $a0-19-538121-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars -- American wars and the culture of violence -- Strategic bombing in the Second World War -- The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting -- The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility -- The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy -- Iraq : the twenty years' war -- Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier -- Three atrocities and the rules of engagement -- Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic -- The epistemology of war. 330 $aAmericans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000 in World War II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq; over 1,000 in Afghanistan--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between six and seven million people died in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And yet Americans de 606 $aCivilians in war 606 $aBattle casualties 606 $aWar and society$zUnited States 606 $aMilitarism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 607 $aUnited States$xForeign public opinion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivilians in war. 615 0$aBattle casualties. 615 0$aWar and society 615 0$aMilitarism 676 $a355.00973 700 $aTirman$b John$0901859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460110203321 996 $aThe deaths of others$92295720 997 $aUNINA