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Why they die [electronic resource] : civilian devastation in violent conflict / Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina.

By: Rothbart, Daniel.
Contributor(s): Korostelina, K. V. (Karina Valentinovna) | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011Description: 216 p. : ill.Subject(s): Civilians in war | War and society | War (Philosophy) | Sociology, Military | Group identity | Military history, Modern -- 20th century | Military history, Modern -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 355.02 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
pt. 1. Disempowering civilians: Who dies in armed conflicts? ; Distinguishing the enemy from the innocent in war ; Deportation from Crimea ; Genocide in Rwanda ; The Second Lebanon War ; Better safe than dead in Iraq -- pt. 2. Conflict theory as value theory: Limitations of social identity theories in relation to conflict analysis ; Understanding group identity as collective axiology ; The normative dimensions of identity conflicts ; Causality in explanations of civilian devastation.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Disempowering civilians: Who dies in armed conflicts? ; Distinguishing the enemy from the innocent in war ; Deportation from Crimea ; Genocide in Rwanda ; The Second Lebanon War ; Better safe than dead in Iraq -- pt. 2. Conflict theory as value theory: Limitations of social identity theories in relation to conflict analysis ; Understanding group identity as collective axiology ; The normative dimensions of identity conflicts ; Causality in explanations of civilian devastation.

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