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The Resource An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006, Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl
An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006, Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl
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- Summary
- Protecting the civilian population is one of the central tenets of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine. Until very recently, however, the U.S. military has not had a formal system for documenting the level of violence directed against Iraqi civilians. Therefore, other groups (such as nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations, and Iraqi ministries) have filled the vacuum in reporting, relying on media accounts, surveys, death certificates, and other open-source information to generate datasets of varying transparency and quality. The resulting statistics have generated widespread debate over sources, methods, and political biases. This study examines available open-source data on Iraqi civilian fatalities and assesses problems associated with previous collection and analysis efforts. The authors present a more robust RAND Corporation Iraqi civilian violence dataset from which they derive new observations about trends in targeting and weapons in 2006. RAND's dataset reveals that the majority of attacks in the year 2006 against civilians were directed against individuals without any identifiable affiliation, and that most attacks were carried out using firearms (rather than via improvised explosive devices or suicide attacks). These findings lead to a proposed framework for future civilian fatality data-collection efforts in Iraq and beyond
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 51 pages)
- Contents
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- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Counting Iraqi civilian deaths
- The Lancet studies
- United Nations reports
- Iraq body count
- Iraqi government statistics
- Conclusions
- Detailed analysis of RAND's civilian violence dataset
- The RAND dataset
- A closer look at 2006 : who is being attacked, where, and how
- Conclusions
- Recent developments : COIN and the U.S. military's data collection effort
- COIN and Iraq : doctrine versus reality
- The reduction of violence in 2007 : General Petraeus and the surge
- Conclusions
- Conclusions and recommendations : a better collection framework
- References
- Isbn
- 9781282033139
- Label
- An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006
- Title
- An argument for documenting casualties
- Title remainder
- violence against Iraqi civilians 2006
- Statement of responsibility
- Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl
- Subject
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- Battle casualties
- Civilian war casualties
- Civilian war casualties -- Iraq -- Statistics
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency
- Electronic resources
- HISTORY -- Military
- Irak
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Casualties
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Statistik
- Statistik
- Toter
- Toter
- Unruhen
- Unruhen
- Violent deaths
- Violent deaths -- Iraq -- Statistics
- Zivilbevölkerung
- Zivilbevölkerung
- 2003-2011
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Protecting the civilian population is one of the central tenets of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine. Until very recently, however, the U.S. military has not had a formal system for documenting the level of violence directed against Iraqi civilians. Therefore, other groups (such as nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations, and Iraqi ministries) have filled the vacuum in reporting, relying on media accounts, surveys, death certificates, and other open-source information to generate datasets of varying transparency and quality. The resulting statistics have generated widespread debate over sources, methods, and political biases. This study examines available open-source data on Iraqi civilian fatalities and assesses problems associated with previous collection and analysis efforts. The authors present a more robust RAND Corporation Iraqi civilian violence dataset from which they derive new observations about trends in targeting and weapons in 2006. RAND's dataset reveals that the majority of attacks in the year 2006 against civilians were directed against individuals without any identifiable affiliation, and that most attacks were carried out using firearms (rather than via improvised explosive devices or suicide attacks). These findings lead to a proposed framework for future civilian fatality data-collection efforts in Iraq and beyond
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hall, Katharine
- Illustrations
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- maps
- charts
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS79.76
- LC item number
- .H33 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- statistics
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Stahl, Dale
- JSTOR Open Access
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Civilian war casualties
- Violent deaths
- Counterinsurgency
- HISTORY
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Battle casualties
- Civilian war casualties
- Counterinsurgency
- Violent deaths
- Iraq
- Unruhen
- Zivilbevölkerung
- Toter
- Statistik
- Unruhen
- Zivilbevölkerung
- Toter
- Statistik
- Irak
- Label
- An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006, Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51)
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- Contents
- Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Counting Iraqi civilian deaths -- The Lancet studies -- United Nations reports -- Iraq body count -- Iraqi government statistics -- Conclusions -- Detailed analysis of RAND's civilian violence dataset -- The RAND dataset -- A closer look at 2006 : who is being attacked, where, and how -- Conclusions -- Recent developments : COIN and the U.S. military's data collection effort -- COIN and Iraq : doctrine versus reality -- The reduction of violence in 2007 : General Petraeus and the surge -- Conclusions -- Conclusions and recommendations : a better collection framework -- References
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 51 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282033139
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- unknown
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- computer
- Media MARC source
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- c
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- Specific material designation
- remote
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- 22573/cttfvdv
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)341079563
- (OCoLC)ocn341079563
- Label
- An argument for documenting casualties : violence against Iraqi civilians 2006, Katharine Hall, Dale Stahl
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Counting Iraqi civilian deaths -- The Lancet studies -- United Nations reports -- Iraq body count -- Iraqi government statistics -- Conclusions -- Detailed analysis of RAND's civilian violence dataset -- The RAND dataset -- A closer look at 2006 : who is being attacked, where, and how -- Conclusions -- Recent developments : COIN and the U.S. military's data collection effort -- COIN and Iraq : doctrine versus reality -- The reduction of violence in 2007 : General Petraeus and the surge -- Conclusions -- Conclusions and recommendations : a better collection framework -- References
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 51 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282033139
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- color maps, color charts
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/cttfvdv
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)341079563
- (OCoLC)ocn341079563
Subject
- Battle casualties
- Civilian war casualties
- Civilian war casualties -- Iraq -- Statistics
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency
- Electronic resources
- HISTORY -- Military
- Irak
- Iraq
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Casualties
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
- Statistik
- Statistik
- Toter
- Toter
- Unruhen
- Unruhen
- Violent deaths
- Violent deaths -- Iraq -- Statistics
- Zivilbevölkerung
- Zivilbevölkerung
- 2003-2011
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