
Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes
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Through riveting case studies of the Iraq War and the recent Gaza conflicts, Smith shows how even combatants who profess to follow the laws of war often engage in appalling violence and brutality, cutting short civilian lives, ruining economies, rending social fabrics, and collapsing public infrastructure. A focus on the human dimension of warfare makes clear the limits of international humanitarian law, and underscores how human rights perspectives increase its efficacy. At a moment when liberal states are rethinking the ethics of war as they seek to extricate themselves from unjust or unwise conflicts and taking on the responsibility to intervene to protect vulnerable people from slaughter, Human Rights and War helps us see with bracing clarity the devastating impact of war on innocent people.
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"Human Rights and War represents a major advance in the study of civilian devastation in modern warfare. Thomas W. Smith builds a compelling case for adopting a human rights perspective for understanding and advancing the humanitarian needs of civilian noncombatants, a case that centers on the viewing of warfare from the civilian's perspective." (Daniel Rothbart, George Mason University)More details
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- Cover
- Human Rights and War Through Civilian Eyes
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- 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
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