An edition of The deaths of others (2011)

The deaths of others

the fate of civilians in America's wars

The deaths of others
John Tirman, John Tirman
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the fate of civilians in America's wars

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English
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408

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The deaths of others: the fate of civilians in America's wars
2011, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-401) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.00973
Library of Congress
E840.4 .T57 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
408 p. ;
Number of pages
408

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25042480M
ISBN 10
0195381211
ISBN 13
9780195381214
LCCN
2010046707
OCLC/WorldCat
671709679

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