Doctrine and violence: the impact of combatant training on civilian killings

Military theorists and practitioners have long argued that training shapes how combatants treat civilians during war. Yet there is little systematic evidence regarding the impact of training on wartime behavior, and almost none for non-state armed groups, despite the fact that such groups intensivel...

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Authors: Oppenheim, Ben (Author) ; Weintraub, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 6, Pages: 1126-1148
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Keywords:
Civil War
civilian victimization
Colombia
FARC
Ideology
indoctrination
Training
Violence