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The deaths of others the fate of civilians in America's wars /

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Main Author: Tirman, John
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Civilians in war.
Battle casualties.
War and society > United States.
Militarism > United States.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
United States > Military policy.
United States > Foreign public opinion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.

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