Violence and restraint in civil war civilian targeting in the shadow of international law

"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 avo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Stanton, Jessica A., 1978- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press 2016.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39766214*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Stategies 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.