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The Deaths of Others - The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars (Paperback)
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The Deaths of Others - The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars (Paperback)
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Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops
killed in battle-100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000 in World War
II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq;
over 1,000 in Afghanistan-and rightly so. But why are we so
indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of
casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This
is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in
The Deaths of Others. Between six and seven million people died in
Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And
yet Americans devote little attention to these deaths. Other
countries, however, do pay attention, and Tirman argues that if we
want to understand why there is so much anti-Americanism around the
world, the first place to look is how we conduct war. We
understandably strive to protect our own troops, but our rules of
engagement with the enemy are another matter. From atomic weapons
and carpet bombing in World War II to napalm and daisy cutters in
Vietnam and beyond, we have used our weapons intentionally to kill
large numbers of civilians and terrorize our adversaries into
surrender. Americans, however, are mostly ignorant of these facts,
believing that American wars are essentially just, necessary, and
"good." Tirman investigates the history of casualties caused by
American forces in order to explain why America remains so
unpopular and why US armed forces operate the way they do.
Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces readers to
consider the tragic consequences of American military action not
just for Americans, but especially for those we fight.
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