“Draining the Sea”: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare

@article{Valentino2004DrainingTS,
  title={“Draining the Sea”: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare},
  author={Benjamin Valentino and Paul K. Huth and Dylan Balch-Lindsay},
  journal={International Organization},
  year={2004},
  volume={58},
  pages={375 - 407},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154296897}
}
Why do some wars result in the intentional killing of large numbers of civilians? In this article we examine the incidence of mass killing in all wars from 1945 to 2000. In the statistical analysis… 
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