Name: The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars (en Inglés)
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Author: Tirman, John
ISBN: 9780195381214

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The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

John Tirman

Editorial

Oxford University Press

Año

2011

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

408

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

24.2 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm

Peso

0.67 kg.

ISBN13

9780195381214

N° edición

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Historia militar

The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars (en Inglés)

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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 devote little attention to these deaths. Other countries, however, do pay attention, and Tirman argues that if we want to understand why there is so much anti-Americanism around the world, the first place to look is how we conduct war. We understandably strive to protect our own troops, but our rules of engagement with the enemy are another matter. From atomic weapons and carpet bombing in World War II to napalm and daisy cutters in Vietnam and beyond, we have used our weapons intentionally to kill large numbers of civilians and terrorize our adversaries into surrender. Americans, however, are mostly ignorant of these facts, believing that American wars are essentially just, necessary, and "good." Tirman investigates the history of casualties caused by American forcesin order to explain why America remains so unpopular and why US armed forces operate the way they do. Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces readers to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight.