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001 2017033703
003 DLC
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008 180313s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017033703
020 _a9780190849108 (bb : alk. paper)
020 _a9780190849115 (bc : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)NEW
042 _apcc
040 _aLBSOR/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cLBSOR
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aU21.2
_b.C74 2018
082 0 0 _a363.34/98
_223
100 1 _aCronin, Bruce,
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aBugsplat :
_bthe politics of collateral damage in western armed conflicts /
_cBruce Cronin.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2018]
300 _av, 180 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-173) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCivilian war casualties.
650 0 _aWar
_xProtection of civilians.
650 0 _aWar (Philosophy)
999 _c234041
_d234041