Body Count

The War on Terror and Civilian Deaths in Iraq
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0673-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 357 g

Lily Hamourtziadou’s investigation into civilian victims during the conflicts that followed the US-led coalition’s 2003 invasion of Iraq provides important new perspectives on the human cost of the War on Terror.

From early fighting to the withdrawal and return of coalition troops, the Arab Spring and the rise of ISIS, the book explores the scale and causes of deaths and places them in the contexts of power struggles, US foreign policy and radicalisation. Casting fresh light on not just the conflict but international geopolitics and the history of Iraq, it constructs a unique and insightful human security approach to war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamourtziadou, Lily

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Human Security and the Emergence of Body Counts;

The Long Journey to the War on Terror;

The Rising Violence: Writing the War 2006–2007;

The Beginning of the End of Sectarian Violence? Writing the War 2008–2009;

Iraq 2010–2013;

Iraq 2014–2017: Obama and the Banality of Killing;

Epilogue: Iraq and Its Casualties Today.

Über Autor(innen)

Hamourtziadou, Lily
Lily Hamourtziadou is Senior Lecturer in Criminology with Security Studies and Deputy Course Director at Birmingham City University, and Principal Researcher of Iraq Body Count, which maintains the largest public database of violent civilian deaths.