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Among the Dead Cities

Paperback • 2014 • English

Among the Dead Cities

By A. C. Grayling

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About the book

Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century - the age of 'total war' - marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but it is an issue that remains relevant today with the needs of the 'War on Terror' used to justify the use of drone strikes. In Among the Dead Cities, A...Show more

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9781472526038

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Among the Dead Cities

Format

Paperback

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