1st Edition

Gender and Civilian Victimization in War

By Jessica L. Peet, Laura Sjoberg Copyright 2020
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the role of gender in influencing war-fighting actors’ strategies toward the attack or protection of civilians. Traditional narratives suggest that killing civilians intentionally in wars happens infrequently and that the perpetration of civilian targeting is limited to aberrant actors. Recently, scholars have shown that both state and non-state actors target civilians, even... Read more

1. Introduction

2. The Civilian and Civilian Victimization

3. Gender and Intentional Civilian Victimization

4. Starving Women, Emasculating Nation: The British Blockade in World War I

5. Marking German Defeat on Women’s Bodies: The Soviet Occupation of Berlin in 1945

6. Writing Genocide on Gendered Bodies: The Rwandan Genocide

7. Gendered Civilian Targetings in Conflict: Boko Haram in Nigeria

8. Conclusion: Gender, Civilian Victimization, and Gendered Targeting in Global Politics

Biography

The late Jessica L. Peet taught at the University of Florida, the University of Southern California, and Bucknell University, USA.

Laura Sjoberg is a professor of political science at the University of Florida, USA.