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Killing Civilians in Civil War : The Rationale of Indiscriminate Violence / Jürgen Brandsch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626379060
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/4 23
LOC classification:
  • U21.2
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Targeting Civilians in Civil Wars -- Part 1 What Do We Know About Indiscriminate Violence? -- 2 State Use of Indiscriminate Violence -- 3 Nonstate Use of Indiscriminate Violence -- 4 Conceptual Building Blocks -- 5 A Theory of Group-Selective Violence -- Part 2 How Does Indiscriminate Violence Work in Practice? -- 6 Assessing the Effects of Indiscriminate Violence -- 7 Group-Selective Violence Across History -- 8 Violence Against Civilians in Ethnic Wars -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 9 Does Group-Selective Violence Work? -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Conventional wisdom tells us that targeting civilians in civil wars makes little sense as a combat strategy. Yet, the indiscriminate violence continues. Why? To tackle this vexing question, Jürgen Brandsch looks closely at the on-the-ground impact of indiscriminate violence—and what he finds shows that there often is, in fact, a method to the madness. Making the provocative argument that slaughtering innocent civilians may be rational behavior on the part of the perpetrators, Brandsch provides an important piece in the puzzle of how to understand, and ultimately prevent, such atrocities.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Targeting Civilians in Civil Wars -- Part 1 What Do We Know About Indiscriminate Violence? -- 2 State Use of Indiscriminate Violence -- 3 Nonstate Use of Indiscriminate Violence -- 4 Conceptual Building Blocks -- 5 A Theory of Group-Selective Violence -- Part 2 How Does Indiscriminate Violence Work in Practice? -- 6 Assessing the Effects of Indiscriminate Violence -- 7 Group-Selective Violence Across History -- 8 Violence Against Civilians in Ethnic Wars -- Part 3 Conclusion -- 9 Does Group-Selective Violence Work? -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Conventional wisdom tells us that targeting civilians in civil wars makes little sense as a combat strategy. Yet, the indiscriminate violence continues. Why? To tackle this vexing question, Jürgen Brandsch looks closely at the on-the-ground impact of indiscriminate violence—and what he finds shows that there often is, in fact, a method to the madness. Making the provocative argument that slaughtering innocent civilians may be rational behavior on the part of the perpetrators, Brandsch provides an important piece in the puzzle of how to understand, and ultimately prevent, such atrocities.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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