Title: Bugsplat :
Authors: Cronin, Bruce,
Date: 2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: 180 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: U
Abstract: "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"--
Contents: 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 U.S. war against Al Qaeda, 2002-2017 -- Assessing collateral damage.
Subject headings (LCSH): Civilian war casualties.; War (Philosophy); War--Protection of civilians