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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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Loot Price R571
Discovery Miles 5 710
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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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