Making More Enemies than We Kill? Calculating U.S. Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia, and Weighing Their Implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7837261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taylor Owens, Taylor Owen (0000-0003-1848-187X), Ben Kiernan (0000-0002-2214-4721) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 50 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466015017593 |
| OpenAlex | W4408501551 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Debate over the nature and impact of civilian casualties from U.S. aerial attacks continues. “Are we creating more terrorists than we're killing?,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once asked of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The rise of Al Qaeda in Iraq and of its offshoot ISIS, suggests the answer there. Reflecting in 2012 on U.S. drone strikes in Yemen, the former director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center, Robert Greiner, wrote: “One wonders how many Yemenis may be moved in future to violent extremism in reaction to carelessly targeted missile strikes, and how many Yemeni militants with strictly local agendas will become dedicated enemies of the West in response to US military actions against them.” That same month a Yemeni lawyer warned: “DEAR OBAMA, when a U.S. drone missile kills a child in Yemen, the father will go to war with you, guaranteed. Nothing to do with Al Qaeda
Geography · Political science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |