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020			_a9781472526038
082	0	0	_a940.544973 _223 _bGRA.A
100	1		_aGrayling, A. C.
245	1	0	_aAmong the dead cities : _bis the targeting of civilians in war ever justified? / _cA.C. Grayling.
260			_aLondon: _bBloomsburry, _c2014
300			_a351 pages ;
490			_abloomsburry revelations series
500			_aFirst published in Great Britain, 2006, with subtitle: The history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMaps -- 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		_a"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	_aWorld War, 1939-1945
650		0	_aBattle casualties
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945
650		0	_aCivilian war casualties _zGermany
650		0	_aCivilian war casualties _zJapan
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zGermany.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zJapan.
650		0	_aBombing, Aerial _zGermany.
650		0	_aBombing, Aerial _zJapan.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Political.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / World War II.
650		7	_aMilitary operations, Aerial _vAmerican
650		7	_aMilitary operations, Aerial _vBritish
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