Have you read Schelling’s “Arms and Influence” (IIRC, chapter 1)? He argues that norms against killing civilians made a lot of sense for the couple of hundred years leading up to World War 2, but then stopped being as stable, hence strategic bombing.
That sounds so weird to me. Weren’t there many many civilians being killed in wars before World War 2? I’m thinking for example of the Ottoman genocide of Armenians and of the Thirty Years War. (I haven’t read Schelling.)
Have you read Schelling’s “Arms and Influence” (IIRC, chapter 1)? He argues that norms against killing civilians made a lot of sense for the couple of hundred years leading up to World War 2, but then stopped being as stable, hence strategic bombing.
That sounds so weird to me. Weren’t there many many civilians being killed in wars before World War 2? I’m thinking for example of the Ottoman genocide of Armenians and of the Thirty Years War. (I haven’t read Schelling.)
Ordered a paper copy, will try to read/skim it over the weekend. Thanks!
Nope, only Strategy of Conflict (and over a decade ago)! I should check it out.