Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War

Hugo Slim

Paper, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70037-5
$22.50

March, 2008
Cloth, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70036-8
$29.95

Contents:

PART I: DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TO WAR

1. Limited Warfare and Its Rivals

PART II: SEVEN SPHERES OF CIVILIAN SUFFERING

2. Killing and Rape

3. Movement, Impoverishment, Famine, Disease, and Distress

PART III: REASONS FOR KILLING CIVILIANS

4. Anti-civilian Ideologies

5. Civilian Ambiguity

6. Doing the Killing

PART IV: ARGUING FOR LIMITED WAR

7. Promoting Civilian Protection

Related Subjects

• International Affairs
• Military History

About the Author

Hugo Slim was recently the chief scholar at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, a conflict resolution organization that mediates in civil wars and advises on peace processes.

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