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Killing Civilians - Method, Madness, and Morality in War (Paperback)
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Killing Civilians - Method, Madness, and Morality in War (Paperback)
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This is a book about how civilians suffer in war and why people
decide that they should. Most civilian suffering in war is
deliberate and always has been. Massacres, rape, displacement,
famine and disease are usually designed. They are policies in war.
In meetings or on mobile phones, political and military leaders
decide that civilians are appropriate or inevitable targets. The
principle that unarmed and innocent people should be protected in
war is an ancient, precious but fragile idea. Today, the principle
of civilian immunity is enshrined in modern international law and
cherished by many. But, in practice, leaders in most wars reject
the principle. Using detailed historical and contemporary examples,
Killing Civilians looks at the many ways in which civilians suffer
in wars and analyses the main anti-civilian ideologies which insist
upon such suffering. It also exposes the very real ambiguity in
much civilian identity which is used to justify extreme hostility.
But this is also, above all, a book about why civilians should be
protected. Throughout its pages, Killing Civilians argues for a
morality of limited warfare in which tolerance, mercy and restraint
are used to draw boundaries to violence. At the heart of the book
are important new frameworks for understanding patterns of civilian
suffering, ideologies of violence and strategies for promoting the
protection of civilians. This is the first major treatment of the
hard questions of civilian identity and protection in war for many
years. Written by one of the humanitarian world's leading thinkers
and former aid worker, it provides a unique and accessible text on
the subject for professional and public readerships alike.
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