Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars

by John Tirman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195381211
• ISBN13: 9780195381214
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"