| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) |
| Contents |
Grammar and vocabulary -- How they die -- Norms in tension -- When soldiers snap -- Command responsibility -- Organizational responsibility -- Political responsibility -- Public responsibility -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
In May 2009, American B-1B bombers dropped 2000-pound and 500-pound bombs in the village of Garani, Afghanistan following a Taliban attack. The dead included anywhere from 25 to over 100 civilians. The US military went into damage control mode, making numerous apologies to the Afghan government and the townspeople. Afterward, the military announced that it would modify its aerial support tactics. This episode was hardly an anomaly. As anyone who has followed the Afghanistan war knows, these types of incidents occur with depressing regularity. Indeed, as Neta Crawford shows in this book, they are intrinsic to the American way of warfare today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 5, 2013) |
| Subject |
Military ethics -- United States
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Civilian war casualties.
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War victims.
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Guilt and culture -- United States
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
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Civilian war casualties
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Guilt and culture
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Military ethics
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects
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War victims
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199369942 |
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0199369941 |
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