2013, ISBN: 9781848137844

Strategic bombardments, either aimed explicitly at civilians or deployed in circumstances where extensive civilian deaths are written off as collateral damage or accidental, are becoming … Mehr…

Strategic bombardments, either aimed explicitly at civilians or deployed in circumstances where extensive civilian deaths are written off as collateral damage or accidental, are becoming increasingly common. This book shows how certain European colonial powers, notably Britain, initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, how it was an instrument of choice in World War II, and. Strategic bombardments, either aimed explicitly at civilians or deployed in circumstances where extensive civilian deaths are written off as collateral damage or accidental, are becoming increasingly common. This book shows how certain European colonial powers, notably Britain, initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, how it was an instrument of choice in World War II, and how it has since been refined and practised by the US in Korea, Vietnam, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. It exposes the rationalizations put forward to avoid the label of 'state terrorism', the race, gender and class biases used to justify bombing 'other' people and the dirty secret about the so-called 'clean' USE of air power. It argues that if terrorism is to be diminished, the role of aerial bombing in sustaining global violence must be recognized and confronted. eBooks, , Strategic Terror~~EBook~~9781848137844~~Beau Grosscup, , Strategic Terror, Beau Grosscup, 9781848137844, ZED BOOKS, 07/18/2013, , , , ZED BOOKS<

ISBN: 9781848137844

Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of… Mehr…

Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of choice in World War II. Beau Grosscup shows that such methods, used initially as a means of terrorizing native populations in Africa and the Middle East, have become the primary form of terrorism in more recent decades. While such 'strategic terror' is not classed as 'terrorism' in the West, this reflects an unwillingness to confront the human costs and immorality of aerial bombardment. Grosscup argues that if terrorism is to be diminished, the role of aerial bombing in sustaining global violence must be recognized. Digital Content>E-books>World History>World Hist>World History, Zed Books Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781848137844

A provocative global history of aerial bombardment.; PDF \ Luigi Lorenzetti; History & Transport > Humamities > Military history, Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc

ISBN: 9781848137844

A provocative global history of aerial bombardment.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Military history, Dedalus

2013, ISBN: 9781848137844

The Politics and Ethics of Aerial Bombardment, [ED: 1], eBook Download (EPUB), eBooks, [PU: Zed Books]