# Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars - Hardcover

by **John Tirman** (Author)

Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000 in World War II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq; over 1,000 in Afghanistan--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for?

This is the compelling, largely unasked question John Tirman answers in _The Deaths of Others_. Between six and seven million people died in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq alone, the majority of them civilians. And yet Americans devote little attention to these deaths. Other countries, however, do pay attention, and Tirman argues that if we want to understand why there is so much anti-Americanism around the world, the first place to look is how we conduct war. We understandably strive to protect our own troops, but our rules of engagement with the enemy are another matter. From atomic weapons and carpet bombing in World War II to napalm and daisy cutters in Vietnam and beyond, we have used our weapons intentionally to kill large numbers of civilians and terrorize our adversaries into surrender. Americans, however, are mostly ignorant of these facts, believing that American wars are essentially just, necessary, and "good." Tirman investigates the history of casualties caused by American forces  
in order to explain why America remains so unpopular and why US armed forces operate the way they do.

Trenchant and passionate, _The Deaths of Others_ forces readers to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight.  

### Author Biography

  
**John Tirman** is Principal Research Scientist and Executive Director of the Center for International Studies, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include _Terror, Insurgency, and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts_ and _100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World_.  

**Number of Pages:** 416

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.53 x 6.41 IN

**Publication Date:** July 01, 2011

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