RT Book
T1 Gender and civilian victimization in war
T2 Routledge studies in gender and security
A1 Peet, Jessica L.
A2 Sjoberg, Laura 1979-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1672288657
AB This book explores the role of gender in influencing war-fighting actors' strategies towards the attack or protection of civilians. Traditional narratives suggest that killing civilians intentionally in wars happens infrequently, and that the perpetration of civilian targeting is limited to aberrant actors. Recently, scholars have shown that both state and non-state actors target civilians, even while explicitly deferring to the civilian immunity principle. This book fills a gap in the accounts of how civilian targeting happens, and shows that these actors are in large part targeting women rather than some gender-neutral understanding of civilians. It presents a history of civilian victimization in wars and conflicts, and then lays out a feminist theoretical approach to understanding civilian victimization. It explores the British Blockade of Germany in World War I, the Soviet 'Rape of Berlin' in World War II, the Rwandan genocide, and the contemporary conflict in northeast Nigeria. Across these case studies, the authors lay out how gender is key to how war-fighting actors understand both themselves and their opponents, and therefore plays a role in shaping strategic and tactical choices. It makes the argument that seeing women in nationalist and war narratives is crucial to understanding when and how civilians come to be targeted in wars, and how that targeting can be reduced.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite 153-186, Register
CN U21
SN 9781138290846
SN 9781138290839
K1 Civilians in war
K1 Women and war
K1 Women and the military
K1 Women : Crimes against : Case studies
K1 Rape as a weapon of war : Case studies
K1 Civilians in war : Case studies
K1 War : Moral and ethical aspects
K1 Krieg
K1 Militärisches Objekt
K1 Zivilbevölkerung
K1 Schutz
K1 Bewaffneter Konflikt
K1 Kriegsziel
K1 Schutzvorrichtung
K1 Opfer : Sozialpsychologie
K1 Geschlecht
K1 Frau
K1 Gewalt
K1 Fallstudie
K1 Erde