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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"noncombatant"”.
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PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING: NONCOMBATANT MOBILIZATION FOR PEACE IN AFRICA
<p>During the 1990s and early 2000s, a number of domestic social actors mobilized for peace in several African countries. They did so under unfavorable political conditions. Some of them went further and pursued their objective for peace at the level of formal negotiations. This particularizing …
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Companions in Combat: The Impact of Service Animals in Veterans with PTSD A Systematic Review [paper]
… but also promote a smoother transition back into noncombatant life. This review advocates for further research to establish the utilization of service dogs in supporting veterans’ mental health.
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A Mixed-Methods Approach to Force Estimation in Military Operations Other Than War
… EU intervention in Libya. It is then applied to noncombatant evacuation operations by estimating forces required for the American evacuation of Afghanistan in August 2021, showing its ability to mimic real-world decisionmaking. The method produced estimates that were more accurate than those …
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Is Conflict a Factor in a Population's Quality of Life? A Comparative Study of University Students in the Palestinian Territories and Jordan
… how long-term conflict manifests itself in noncombatant populations. However, existing studies focus primarily on indicators within the Palestinian population itself that impact HRQoL, and not on the extent to which the presence of the conflict and its consequences disturb physical and …
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Savage rulers: state-sponsored mass killing during civil war
… norms or laws that prescribe the protection of noncombatant civilians, and wars have often wreaked tremendous havoc on civilian populations. In this dissertation, I investigate conditions under which state leaders embroiled in civil war perpetrate extensive mass killing against their own …
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John Bennett Walters, Total War, and the Raid on Randolph, Tennessee
… War times, especially the deliberate killing of noncombatant civilians. It is argued, then, that the use of the term “total war” to describe the American Civil War is anachronistic and thus entails the projection of twentieth century realities into the past.
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The Civilian and the War on Terror: Do Norms Shape Strategy?
<p>Despite a growing research agenda centered on issues of civilian immunity, it remains unclear what effect norms protecting civilians have on state behavior, especially democracies. This study asks when and how the civilian immunity norm (CIN) matters, specifically examining how it alters short …