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



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Titolo: Civilians and modern war : armed conflict and the ideology of violence / / edited by Daniel Rothbart, Karina V. Korostelina and Mohammed D. Cherkaoui Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
Disciplina: 305.9/0695
Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: RothbartDaniel  
KorostelinaK. V (Karina Valentinovna)  
CherkaouiMohammed D. <1960->  
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
Altri titoli varianti: Armed conflict and the ideology of violence
Titolo autorizzato: Civilians and modern war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-54634-5
9786613858795
1-136-33340-1
0-203-12256-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811649603321
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Serie: War, Conflict and Ethics