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Rothbart, Daniel; Korostelina, Karina V.

 
9780472035588: Why They Die: Civilian Devastation in Violent Conflict
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ISBN 10: 0472035584 ISBN 13: 9780472035588
Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2011

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Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die, Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these questions through a systematic study of civilian devastation in violent conflicts. Pushing aside the simplistic definition of war as a guns-and-blood battle between two militant groups, the authors investigate the identity politics underlying conflicts of many types. During a conflict, all those on the opposite side are perceived as the enemy, with little distinction between soldiers and civilians. As a result, random atrocities and systematic violence against civilian populations become acceptable.

Rothbart and Korostelina devote the first half of the book to case studies: deportation of the Crimean Tatars from the Ukraine, genocide in Rwanda, the Lebanon War, and the war in Iraq. With the second half, they present new methodological tools for understanding different types of violent conflict and discuss the implications of these tools for conflict resolution.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Karina V. Korostelina is Associate Professor and Director of the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.



Daniel Rothbart is Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University&;s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.



Karina V. Korostelina is Associate Professor and Director of the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict at George Mason University&;s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

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Editore
Univ of Michigan Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0472035584
ISBN 13 
9780472035588
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
216
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  047211753X ISBN 13:  9780472117536
Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2011
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