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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 
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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 
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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
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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 
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