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Collateral Damage: A Candid History of a Peculiar Form of Death
Frederik Rosen
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Description for Collateral Damage: A Candid History of a Peculiar Form of Death
Hardback. A sober, unsettling reflection on the ethics of non-combatant deaths and how a once little-known term entered the global vocabulary of conflict, which introduces a fresh perspective on what non-combatant deaths mean for global governance and modern warfare. Series: Critical War Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 512.
The dilemmas precipitated by the unintentional killing of civilians in war, or 'collateral damage', shape many aspects of military conduct, yet noticeable by its absence has been a methodical examination of the place and role of this phenomenon in modern warfare. This book offers a fresh perspective on a distressing consequence of conflict. Rosen explains how collateral damage is linked to ideas of authority, thereby anchoring it to the existential riddles of our individual and collective lives, and that this peculiar form of death constitutes an image of what it means to be human. His investigation of collateral damage is ... Read more
The dilemmas precipitated by the unintentional killing of civilians in war, or 'collateral damage', shape many aspects of military conduct, yet noticeable by its absence has been a methodical examination of the place and role of this phenomenon in modern warfare. This book offers a fresh perspective on a distressing consequence of conflict. Rosen explains how collateral damage is linked to ideas of authority, thereby anchoring it to the existential riddles of our individual and collective lives, and that this peculiar form of death constitutes an image of what it means to be human. His investigation of collateral damage is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Critical War Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849044073
SKU
V9781849044073
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About Frederik Rosen
Frederik Rosen is a research fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies and has published widely on a range of topics related to military force and global governance. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen.
Reviews for Collateral Damage: A Candid History of a Peculiar Form of Death
'Frederik Rosen's new book challenges the way we think about violence. He dares us to look anew
and without flinching
at killing civilians in war. What do we mean when we talk about evil? Or sacrifice? Or "an accident"? Rosen argues passionately and without scaremongering that questions of collateral damage are fundamentally about who rules the world. And ... Read more
and without flinching
at killing civilians in war. What do we mean when we talk about evil? Or sacrifice? Or "an accident"? Rosen argues passionately and without scaremongering that questions of collateral damage are fundamentally about who rules the world. And ... Read more