Why They Die: Civilian Devastation in Violent Conflict - Tapa blanda

Rothbart, Daniel; Korostelina, Karina

 
9780472035588: Why They Die: Civilian Devastation in Violent Conflict
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ISBN 10: 0472035584 ISBN 13: 9780472035588
Editorial: The University of Michigan Press, 2011

Sinopsis

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 study of civilian devastation in violent conflicts. Pushing aside the simplistic definition of war as a guns-and-blood battle between two militant groups, the authors investigate the identity politics underlying conflicts of many types. During a conflict, all those on the opposite side are perceived as the enemy, with little distinction between soldiers and civilians. As a result, random atrocities and systematic violence against civilian populations become acceptable.

Rothbart and Korostelina devote the first half of the book to case studies: deportation of the Crimean Tatars from the Ukraine, genocide in Rwanda, the Lebanon War, and the war in Iraq. With the second half, they present new methodological tools for understanding different types of violent conflict and discuss the implications of these tools for conflict resolution.

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Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Karina V. Korostelina is Associate Professor and Director of the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

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Editorial
The University of Michigan Press
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0472035584
ISBN 13 
9780472035588
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Número de páginas
224
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