Killing Civilians: Method, Madness, and Morality in War (Columbia/Hurst)

by Hugo Slim

Book Overview

When civilians suffer in war, it is often a deliberate act. Massacres, rape, displacement, famine, and disease are the strategic decisions of political and military leaders who make civilians their targets in order to gain the upper hand in battle. Yet there still exists the precious and fragile belief-ingrained in modern international law-that unarmed and innocent people should be protected in war, even if, in practice, the principle of civil immunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231700377
• ISBN13: 9780231700375
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher