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The deaths of others

by Tirman, John.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford ; | New York :) Physical details: 408 p.
Subject(s): Civilians in war. | Battle casualties. | War and society -- United States. | Militarism -- United States. | United States -- History, Military -- 20th century. | United States -- History, Military -- 21st century. | United States -- Military policy. | United States -- Foreign public opinion. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Death and remembrance in America's wars -- American wars and the culture of violence -- Strategic bombing in the Second World War -- The Korean War : the hegemony of forgetting -- The Vietnam War : the high cost of credibility -- The Reagan doctrine : savage war by proxy -- Iraq : the twenty years' war -- Afghanistan : hot pursuit on terrorism's frontier -- Three atrocities and the rules of engagement -- Counting : a single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic -- The epistemology of war.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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