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Starting with the French Revolution Massacres and Morality studies mass killing as perpetrated by states. In particular it examines the role that civilian immunity has played in shaping the behaviour of perpetrators and how international society has responded.

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Massacres and Morality is a work of immense scholarship. The author, Alex Bellamy ... succeeds in weaving together histories and philosophies of civilian immunity across two centuries of war, terror, and destruction. * Tim Dunne, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia *

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Introduction ; 1. Civilian Immunity and the Politics of Legitimacy ; 2. State Terror in the Long-Nineteenth Century ; 3. Totalitarian Mass Killing ; 4. Terror Bombing in the Second World War ; 5. The Cold War Struggle (1): Capitalist Atrocities ; 6. The Cold War Struggle (2): Communist Atrocities ; 7. Atrocities and the 'Golden Age' of Humanitarianism ; 8. Radical Islamism and the War on Terror ; Conclusion

Massacres and Morality Mass Atrocities In An Age Of Civilian Immunity

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      Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
      Published 9/18/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780198714767
      978-0198714767
      ISBN-10 0198714769
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      Ethics and moral philosophy International relations War crimes

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Starting with the French Revolution Massacres and Morality studies mass killing as perpetrated by states. In particular it examines the role that civilian immunity has played in shaping the behaviour of perpetrators and how international society has responded.

      Trade Review
      Massacres and Morality is a work of immense scholarship. The author, Alex Bellamy ... succeeds in weaving together histories and philosophies of civilian immunity across two centuries of war, terror, and destruction. * Tim Dunne, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction ; 1. Civilian Immunity and the Politics of Legitimacy ; 2. State Terror in the Long-Nineteenth Century ; 3. Totalitarian Mass Killing ; 4. Terror Bombing in the Second World War ; 5. The Cold War Struggle (1): Capitalist Atrocities ; 6. The Cold War Struggle (2): Communist Atrocities ; 7. Atrocities and the 'Golden Age' of Humanitarianism ; 8. Radical Islamism and the War on Terror ; Conclusion

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