LEADER 00000cam a2200793Ia 4500 001 ocn727391598 003 OCoLC 005 20161029080428.8 006 m o d 007 cr mnu---unuuu 008 110527s2011 enk ob 001 0 eng d 019 726735448|a743412127|a816840110|a819503566|a821636334 020 9780199700998|q(electronic book) 020 0199700990|q(electronic book) 020 1283099160 020 9781283099165 020 |z9780195381214|q(hardback ;|qacid-free paper) 020 |z0195381211|q(hardback ;|qacid-free paper) 035 (OCoLC)727391598|z(OCoLC)726735448|z(OCoLC)743412127 |z(OCoLC)816840110|z(OCoLC)819503566|z(OCoLC)821636334 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dE7B|dYDXCP|dOSU|dOCLCQ|dCDX|dOCLCQ |dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC|dOCLCO|dEBLCP|dMHW|dIDEBK|dCN3GA |dOCLCQ|dOCL|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 E840.4|b.T57 2011eb 072 7 HIS|x027110|2bisacsh 082 04 355.00973|222 090 E840.4|b.T57 2011eb 100 1 Tirman, John.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n84006734 245 14 The deaths of others :|bthe fate of civilians in America's wars /|cJohn Tirman. 264 1 Oxford ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press,|c[2011] 264 4 |c©2011 300 1 online resource (408 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300, 000 in World War II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq; over 1,000 in Afghanistan--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for? This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in The Deaths of Others. Between six and seven million people died in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And yet Americans de. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 20th century|2fast 648 7 21st century|2fast 648 7 1900-2099|2fast 650 0 Civilians in war.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects /sh2007004415 650 0 Battle casualties.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85012418 650 0 War and society|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2010118172 650 0 Militarism|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /subjects/sh2008107777 650 7 History, Military.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1353231 650 7 Military policy.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1021386 650 7 Civilians in war.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1746486 650 7 Battle casualties.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 828893 650 7 War and society.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1170447 650 7 Militarism.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1020839 651 0 United States|xHistory, Military|y20th century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140341 651 0 United States|xHistory, Military|y21st century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003698 651 0 United States|xMilitary policy.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85140379 651 0 United States|xForeign public opinion.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh85140053 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Military history.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1411630 776 08 |iPrint version:|aTirman, John.|tDeaths of others.|dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011|z9780195381214 |w(DLC) 2010046707|w(OCoLC)671709679 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=366680|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20161103|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic new|lridw 994 92|bRID