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OverviewAmericans 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? Full Product DetailsAuthor: John TirmanPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.40cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780199934010ISBN 10: 0199934010 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 22 November 2012 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction: Death and Remembrance in American Wars 2 American Wars and the Culture of Violence 3 Strategic Bombing in the Second World War 4 The Korean War: The Hegemony of Forgetting 5 The Vietnam War: The High Cost of Credibility 6 The Reagan Doctrine: Savage War by Proxy 7 Iraq: The Twenty Years' War 8 Afghanistan: Hot Pursuit on Terrorism's Frontier 9 Three Atrocities and the Rules of Engagement 10 Counting: A Single Death is a Tragedy, a Million Deaths are a Statistic 11 The Epistemology of War Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviews<br> An incredibly important venture. I know of no other book that so comprehensively catalogues the victims of U.S. wars. Tirman has given us the definitive study of an extremely important but neglected subject. It a must-read for anyone concerned with the lethal impact of U.S. policy on people in all corners of the world. --The Progressive<br><p><br> Stunning.... Tirman lays out his strenuously argued case with considerable cogency. Tirman renders us a great service by providing a fuller picture of the consequences of war and challenging us not to reject data simply because it is not congruent with our favored worldview.... If Americans today marshal the resolve to enact workable norms ensuring that our use of drones will always discriminate between civilians and legitimate enemy targets, then we will at last be facing up to the crucial moral questions raised in this book. --America<br><p><br> This sad and gripping record of crimes we dare not face, and the probing analysis of the roots of indifference and denial, tell us all too much about ourselves. It should be read, and pondered. --Noam Chomsky <br><p><br> John Tirman has not only written a profoundly important, revelatory work about something that most people in this country ignore; he has looked deep into our history and the American mind to see why we ignore it. I wish I could give this highly readable book to everyone, from general to private to the civilian bureaucrats who send them off to kill, who shares the illusion that war mainly involves soldiers. --Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars<br><p><br> An incredibly important venture. I know of no other book that so comprehensively catalogues the victims of U.S. wars. Tirman has given us the definitive study of an extremely important but neglected subject. It a must-read for anyone concerned with the lethal impact of U.S. policy on people in all corners of the world. The Progressive Author InformationJohn Tirman is Principal Research Scientist and Executive Director of the Center for International Studies, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include Terror, Insurgency, and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts and 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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