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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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US warfare and civilian protection -- US warfare and casualty-aversion -- The interactive dynamics of asymmetric conflicts -- Case study I: The US intervention in Somalia -- Case study II: The US War in Afghanistan -- Case study III: The US war in Iraq. |
| Summary |
"While the United States has not lost its appetite for war, the way in which its conflicts are being waged has changed dramatically."--Provided by publisher |
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Concerns for the lives of soldiers and innocent civilians have come to underpin Western, and particularly American, warfare. Yet this new mode of conflict faces a dilemma: these two norms have opened new areas of vulnerability that have been systematically exploited by non-state adversaries. This strategic behaviour creates a trade-off, forcing decision-makers to have to choose between saving soldiers and civilians in target states. Sebastian Kaempf examines the origin and nature of this dilemma, and in a detailed analysis of the US conflicts in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq, investigates the ways the US has responded, assessing the legal, moral, and strategic consequences. Scholars and students of military and strategic studies, international relations and peace and conflict studies will be interested to read Kaempf's analysis of whether the US or its adversaries have succeeded in responding to this central dilemma of contemporary warfare. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- History, Military -- Case studies.
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Asymmetric warfare -- United States -- Case studies.
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Civilian war casualties -- Case studies.
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War casualties -- United States -- History.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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Asymmetric warfare |
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Civilian war casualties |
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War casualties |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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Case studies
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History
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Military history
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| Added Title |
Casualty aversion versus civilian protection in asymmetric conflicts |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kaempf, Sebastian. Saving soldiers or civilians? Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018] 9781108427647 (DLC) 2017053778 (OCoLC)1013959319 |
| ISBN |
9781108655064 (electronic bk.) |
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1108655068 (electronic bk.) |
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9781108551816 |
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1108551815 |
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1108427642 |
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9781108427647 |
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1108446655 |
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9781108446655 |
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9781108427647 (hardback) |
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9781108446655 (paperback) |
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