Global comparison of warring groups in 2002-2007: fatalities from targeting civilians vs. fighting battles.
BACKGROUND: Warring groups that compete to dominate a civilian population confront contending behavioral options: target civilians or battle the enemy. We aimed to describe degrees to which combatant groups concentrated lethal behavior into intentionally targeting civilians as opposed to engaging in...
Main Authors: | Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, Uih Ran Lee, Ralph Sundberg, Michael Spagat |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3167835?pdf=render |
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