Gender and Civilian Victimization in War

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 while explicitly deferring to the civilian immunity principle. This book fills a gap in the account...