The Hidden Victims: Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars

by Cormac Ó Gráda

A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars--and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war

Soldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more civilians than soldiers as they countenanced or deliberately inflicted civilian deaths on a mass scale. By one reputable estimate, 9.7 million civilians and 9 million combatants died...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691258759
• ISBN13: 9780691258751
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"