Targeting civilians in war
By: Alexander B. Downes.
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780801446344
Subjects: Civilian war casualties -- History -- 20th century.; War victims -- History -- 20th century.; War and society -- History -- 20th century.; Politics and war -- History -- 20th century.; Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Defining and explaining civilian victimization; value: Statistical tests : civilian victimization, mass killing, and civilian casualties in interstate wars; value: The starvation blockades of World War I : Britain and Germany; value: Strategic bombing in World War II : the firebombing of Japan and the blitz; value: Guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, and civilian victimization : the second Anglo-Boer War; value: Territorial annexation and civilian victimization : the founding of the state of Israel, 1947-49; value: Negative cases : why civilian victimization doesn't happen.