02099nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10469429 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101118s2011 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2010046707 9780195381214 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 9780199700998 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)727391598 n-us--- E840.4 .T57 2011eb 355.00973 22 Tirman, John. The deaths of others [electronic resource] : the fate of civilians in America's wars / John Tirman. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. 408 p. 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. 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10469429 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 221738 221738