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Description

1. xviii, 321 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Media coverage of civil wars often focuses on the most gruesome atrocities and the most extreme conflicts, which might lead one to think that all civil wars involve massive violence against civilians. In truth, many governments and rebel groups exercise restraint in their fighting, largely avoiding violence against civilians in compliance with international law. Governments and rebel groups make strategic calculations about whether to target civilians by evaluating how domestic and international audiences are likely to respond to violence. Restraint is also a deliberate strategic choice: governments and rebel groups often avoid targeting civilians and abide by international legal standards to appeal to domestic and international audiences for diplomatic support. This book presents a wide range of evidence of the strategic use of violence and restraint, using original data on violence against civilians in civil wars from 1989 to 2010 as well as in-depth analyses of conflicts in Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Indonesia, Sudan, Turkey, and Uganda"--

Subject

1. Civil war > Protection of civilians
2. Indonesien
3. El Salvador
4. Menschenrechtsverletzung
5. Uganda
6. Sudan
7. Turkey
8. Azerbaijan
9. Bürgerkrieg
10. Zivilbevölkerung
11. Kriegsverbrechen
12. Civil war > Protection of civilians > Case studies
13. Civilians in war > Case studies
14. Case studies

Genre/Form

1. Case studies.

Contents

1. Strategies of violence and restraint -- A new data set on violence against civilians in civil war -- Quantitative analysis of government and rebel group violence and restraint -- Government restraint in Indonesia -- Rebel group restraint in Aceh and East Timor -- Variation in government violence against civilians: Turkey and Sudan -- Variation in rebel group violence against civilians: Turkey, El Salvador, and Azerbaijan -- Extreme rebel group violence against civilians: the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda -- Conclusion.

Call number

1. JFE 16-12122

Note

1. Partially based on author's thesis (doctoral - Columbia University, 2009) under the title: Strategies of violence and restraint in civil war.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Stanton, Jessica A., 1978- author.

Title

1. Violence and restraint in civil war : civilian targeting in the shadow of international law / Jessica A. Stanton, University of Pennsylvania.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Copyright date

1. ©2016

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2016010209

ISBN

1. 9781107069107 hardcover
2. 1107069106 hardcover
3. 9781107670945 paperback
4. 1107670942 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 16-12122