"Offers surprising findings about the strategic rationale for killing innocent civilians in civil wars"-- Provided by publisher.

"Published in association with the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews."

Targeting civilians in civil wars -- State use of indiscriminate violence -- Nonstate use of indiscriminate violence -- Conceptual building blocks -- A theory of group-selective violence -- Assessing the effects of indiscriminate violence -- Group-selective violence across history -- Violence against civilians in ethnic wars -- Does group-selective violence work?.