Bugsplat : the politics of collateral damage in western armed conflicts / Bruce Cronin.

By:

Cronin, Bruce, 1957-

Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]Description: v, 180 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780190849108 (bb : alk. paper)
9780190849115 (bc : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

363.34/98 23

LOC classification:

U21.2 .C74 2018

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 US war against al Qaeda, 2002-2017 -- Assessing collateral damage.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-173) and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.