Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes.

Human Rights and War shows how even combatants who profess to follow the laws of war often engage in appalling violence and brutality, ruining economies, rending social fabrics, and collapsing public infrastructure, making clear the limits of international humanitarian law and how it must incorporat...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Smith, Thomas W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Series:	Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subjects:	War > Protection of civilians. Combatants and noncombatants (International law) Humanitarian law. Civilian war casualties > Case studies. Civilian war casualties > Gaza Strip. Civilian war casualties > Iraq. Civil war > Protection of civilians > Case studies. Civil war > Protection of civilians > Gaza Strip. Civil war > Protection of civilians > Iraq. Human rights > Gaza Strip. Human rights > Iraq. Military ethics > Case studies. Civil war > Protection of civilians. Civilian war casualties. Human rights. Military ethics. Gaza Strip. Iraq. Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Human Rights and the Norms of Modern Warfare
Chapter 2. Humanizing the Laws of War
Chapter 3. The Implosion of Iraq: "Shock and Awe," Insurgency, and Sectarian Terror
Chapter 4. The Gaza Wars, 2008-2014: Human Rights Agency and Advocacy
Chapter 5. Who's Responsible? Justice and Accountability
Chapter 6. "Kind- Hearted Gunmen": Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments.

Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes.

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