An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006 / / Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl

• Autore: Hall Katharine
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (71 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.7044/3
• Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Casualties; Civilian war casualties - Iraq; Violent deaths - Iraq; Counterinsurgency
• Altri autori: StahlDale
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: An argument for documenting casualties
• ISBN: 1-282-03313-1; 9786612033131; 0-8330-4532-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219985103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II