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1 online resource (408 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Civilians in war.
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Battle casualties.
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War and society -- United States
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Militarism -- United States
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HISTORY -- Military.
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Battle casualties
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Civilians in war
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Militarism
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Military policy
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Public opinion
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War and society
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United States of America.
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Wars.
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Military policy.
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Civilian population.
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Military history.
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Public opinion.
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United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140341
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003698
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United States -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
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United States -- Foreign public opinion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140053
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United States
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Electronic books
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Military history
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199700998 |
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0199700990 |
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1283099160 |
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9781283099165 |
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9780190252373 |
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0190252375 |
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