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The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM (ET)

Washington, DC

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The Deaths of Others

The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars


The Deaths of Others


a discussion with

John Tirman

Principal Research Scientist and Executive Director
Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
4:30 pm- 6:00 pm
CCAS Boardroom, ICC 241

Americans are greatly concerned about the number of our troops killed in battle--100,000 dead in World War I; 300,000 in World War II; 33,000 in the Korean War; 58,000 in Vietnam; 4,500 in Iraq; over 1,000 in Afghanistan--and rightly so. But why are we so indifferent, often oblivious, to the far greater number of casualties suffered by those we fight and those we fight for?


Trenchant and passionate, The Deaths of Others forces readers to consider the tragic consequences of American military action not just for Americans, but especially for those we fight.