Includes bibliographical references and index.

The place and plight of civilians in modern war / Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, and Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Targeting civilians -- The role of civilians in American war ideology / Richard Rubenstein -- Devastating civilians at home: the plight of Crimean Tatars and Californians of Asian descent during World War II / Karina Korostelina -- Military culture and civilian victimization: the case of American strategic bombing in World War II / Alexander Downes -- Double victims: the recruitment and treatment of child soldiers in Chechnya / Karina Korostelina & Juliia Kononenko -- Preserving civilian immunity -- The politics of civilian identity / Daniel Rothbart -- Israeli soldiers' perceptions of Palestinian civilians during the 2009 Gaza War / Neta Oren -- Civilian vulnerability in asymmetric conflict: lessons from the second Lebanon and Gaza Wars / Michael Gross -- Civilians overshadowed by soldiers: faceless victims of the public media narrative / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Civilians, pundits, and the mediatized ideology / Mohammed D. Cherkaoui -- Redressing anti-civilian practices -- Trans-regional military dimensions of civilian protection: a two-part problem with a two-part solution / Donald C. F. Daniel and Tromila Wheat -- Civilians under the law: inequality, intersectionality, and irony / Susan Hirsch -- The price of justice / Michael Miklaucic -- Preventing genocide: the quest for system response / Andrea Bartoli and Testushi Ogata -- Making amends / Sarah Holewinski -- Conclusion: the road ahead / Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, and Mohammed D. Cherkaoui.