Cronin, Bruce,  1957- <br/><br/>
Bugsplat :  the politics of collateral damage in western armed conflicts / 
Bruce Cronin. 
 - v, 180 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-173) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Collateral damage and western war-fighting strategy -- The Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- NATO's air war against Serbia, 1999 -- Israeli-Hezbollah War, 2006 -- The US war against al Qaeda, 2002-2017 -- Assessing collateral damage. 
<br/><br/> "Why do states who are committed to the principle of civilian immunity and the protection of non-combatants end up killing and injuring large numbers of civilians during their military operations? Bugsplat explains this paradox through an in-depth examination of five conflicts fought by Western powers since 1989"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780190849108 (bb : alk. paper) 9780190849115 (bc : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017033703 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilian war casualties.<br/>War--Protection of civilians.<br/>War (Philosophy)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U21.2  / .C74 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.34/98