Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Defining and Explaining Civilian Victimization 13
6. 2. Statistical Tests: Civilian Victimization, Mass Killing, and Civilian Casualties in Interstate Wars 42
7. 3. The Starvation Blockades of World War I: Britain and Germany 83
8. 4. Strategic Bombing in World War II: The Firebombing of Japan and the Blitz 115
9. 5. Guerrilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Civilian Victimization: The Second Anglo-Boer War 156
10. 6. Territorial Annexation and Civilian Victimization: The Founding of the State of Israel, 1947–49 178
11. 7. Negative Cases: Why Civilian Victimization Doesn’t Happen 210
12. Conclusion 243
13. Notes 259
14. Index 309