Among the dead cities : (Record no. 654144)
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| fixed length control field | 02686cam a2200361 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781472526038 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 940.544973 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Item number | GRA.A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Grayling, A. C. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Among the dead cities : |
| Sub Title | is the targeting of civilians in war ever justified? / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | A.C. Grayling. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London: |
| Name of publisher | Bloomsburry, |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 351 pages ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | bloomsburry revelations series |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | First published in Great Britain, 2006, with subtitle: The history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Maps -- Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition -- Introduction: Was It A Crime? -- The Bomber War -- The Experience of the Bombed -- The Mind of the Bomber -- Voices of Conscience -- The Case Against the Bombing -- The Defence of Area Bombing -- Judgement -- Postscript -- Appendix. |
| 520 2# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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.C. Grayling explores these moral issues in all their complexity with a detailed examination of the Allied bombing of German cities during World War 2. Considering the cases for and against the area bombing and the experiences of the bombed and the bombers, Grayling asks: Was the targeting of civilians in Germany a crime? Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes a new afterword by the author considering the issues in light of later conflicts up to the present day"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World War, 1939-1945 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Battle casualties |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World War, 1939-1945 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilian war casualties |
| Geographic subdivision | Germany |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilian war casualties |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World War, 1939-1945 |
| Geographic subdivision | Germany. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | World War, 1939-1945 |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Bombing, Aerial |
| Geographic subdivision | Germany. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Bombing, Aerial |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | PHILOSOPHY / Political. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | HISTORY / Military / World War II. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Military operations, Aerial |
| Form subdivision | American |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Military operations, Aerial |
| Form subdivision | British |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/038/9781472526038/image/lgcover.9781472526038.jpg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home Library | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| International Centre for Marxian Studies & Research | International Centre for Marxian Studies & Research | Reference | 10/08/2022 | 940.544973 GRA.A | CMS2478 | 10/08/2022 | Reference |