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020    9780231700368 |qcloth |qalkaline paper
020    0231700369 |qcloth |qalkaline paper
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035    215706
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050 00 U21.2 |b.S595 2008
100 1  Slim, Hugo.
245 10 Killing civilians : |bmethod, madness, and morality in war / |cHugo Slim.
264  1 New York : |bColumbia University Press, |c[2008]
264  4  |c©2008
300    viii, 319 pages ; |c23 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  Limited warfare and its rivals -- Killing and rape -- Movement, impoverishment, famine, disease, and distress -- Anti-civilian ideologies -- Civilian ambiguity -- Doing the killing -- Promoting civilian protection.
520 1  "The principle that unarmed and innocent people should be protected in war is an ancient, precious but fragile idea. Today, the principle of civilian protection is enshrined in modern international law and cherished by many. But, in practice, leaders in most wars reject the principle." "Using detailed historical and contemporary examples, Killing Civilians looks at the many ways in which civilians suffer in wars and analyses the main anti-civilian ideologies which insist upon such suffering. It also exposes the very real ambiguity in much civilian identity which is used to justify extreme hostility. But this is, above all, a book about why civilians should be protected. It looks deeply into the reasons and arguments for limiting human violence in war."--BOOK JACKET.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Civilian war casualties.
650  0 Military ethics.
650  0 Civil-military relations.
856 42  |3Table of contents only |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048042.html
852 0   |bstacks |hU21.2 |i.S595 2008