Psychiatric Implications of Missile Attacks on a Civilian Population

Drawing on several examples through history, this chapter illustrates the devastating potential that maritime blockades can have when they are employed against modern societies that are dependent on maritime trade, and particularly on the importation of foodstuffs and agricutltural materials for the survival of their civilian populations. Revealing statistics that show that the blockade of Germany during the First World War caused more civilian deaths than did the allied strategic bombing campaign of the Second World War, and that the sanctions regime against Iraq killed far more people than did the 1991 Gulf War, it demonstrates that civilian casualties are often the true unseen cost of conducting blockade operations.

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DEFENCE OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AGAINST GAS.

The Medical Journal of Australia ◽

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1936.tb77605.x ◽

1936 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 33-38

Author(s):

P. R. Weldon

Keyword(s):

Civilian Population

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Medical and Sanitary Care of the Civilian Population Necessitated by Attacks from Hostile Aircraft

Military Medicine ◽

10.1093/milmed/88.1.1 ◽

1941 ◽

Vol 88 (1) ◽

pp. 1-24

Author(s):

Lucius W. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Civilian Population

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New code for the protection of civilian population and property during armed conflict

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s0020860400067358 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 20 (219) ◽

pp. 287-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ionel Gloşcă

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Armed Conflict ◽

Armed Conflicts ◽

International Treaties ◽

Civilian Population ◽

State Activity ◽

The Holocaust ◽

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One of the principles underlying international law applicable in armed conflicts is that no act of war is permitted against the civilian population, consisting, by definition, of persons who take no part in the hostilities.Until the holocaust of 1939–45, international law gave practically no real protection to the civilian population in the event of war, and was not even intended to do so since up to that time war was considered to be a State activity from which civilians remained aloof. There were, nonetheless, general principles and rules in various international treaties which, in one way or another, related also to the civilian population.

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