Targeting civilians in war /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Downes, Alexander B., 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:	Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:	Civilian war casualties > History > 20th century. War victims > History > 20th century. War and society > History > 20th century. Politics and war > History > 20th century. Military history, Modern > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Defining and explaining civilian victimization
Statistical tests : civilian victimization, mass killing, and civilian casualties in interstate wars
The starvation blockades of World War I : Britain and Germany
Strategic bombing in World War II : the firebombing of Japan and the blitz
Guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, and civilian victimization : the second Anglo-Boer War
Territorial annexation and civilian victimization : the founding of the state of Israel, 1947-49
Negative cases : why civilian victimization doesn't happen.