Why they die : civilian devastation in violent conflict / Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina.

Why they die : civilian devastation in violent conflict /

Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die , Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these questions through a systematic stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothbart, Daniel
Other Authors: Korostelina, K. V. (Karina Valentinovna)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Civilians in war.
War and society.
War (Philosophy)
Sociology, Military.
Group identity.
Military history, Modern > 20th century.
Military history, Modern > 21st century.
group identity.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Disempowering civilians
  • Who dies in armed conflicts?
  • Distinguishing the enemy from the innocent in war
  • Deportation from Crimea
  • Genocide in Rwanda
  • The Second Lebanon War
  • Better safe than dead in Iraq
  • part 2. Conflict theory as value theory
  • Limitations of social identity theories in relation to conflict analysis
  • Understanding group identity as collective axiology
  • The normative dimensions of identity conflicts
  • Causality in explanations of civilian devastation.

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