Targeting civilians in war
By: Alexander B. Downes
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs
Publisher: Cornell University Press; University Presses Marketing [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y; Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780801478376
Subjects: Modern Military history; Civilian war casualties; Politics and war; War and society; War victims; History
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining and explaining civilian victimization; title: Statistical tests : civilian victimization, mass killing, and civilian casualties in interstate wars; title: The starvation blockades of World War I : Britain and Germany; title: Strategic bombing in World War II : the firebombing of Japan and the blitz; title: Guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, and civilian victimization : the second Anglo-Boer War; title: Territorial annexation and civilian victimization : the founding of the state of Israel, 1947-49; title: Negative cases : why civilian victimization doesn't happen.