Amicicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War

by Charles R. Shrader

War is often depicted in the textbooks as a well-orchestrated, albeit violent, exercise in which opposing units strive to achieve tactical and strategic objectives. That each side will suffer casualties in the process is taken for granted; they are the inevitable, if regretable, consequence of such a deadly undertaking. That each side is almost certain to suffer casualties inflicted by its own forces is not generally taken for granted, Yet, in each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410219917
• ISBN13: 9781410219916
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"