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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Unfortunately, civilian populations have been targeted ever since the advent of "total war," which became commonplace during WWI. By your definition, the Allie's firebombing of Dresden in WWII would qualify as terrorism. Battle on distant fields for from civilians probably hasn't been common since the Civil War era.
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i think total war was introduced in modern times as a part of the U.S. civil war.... just ask the citizens of atlanta. at least i'm sure that it played some part in the second half of it.
you are all forgetting the big honcho of all war law: the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC).
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/wars/a/loac.htm
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that's a good primer on it.
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Last edited by irateplatypus; 09-27-2004 at 11:28 AM..
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