Ofer Fridman is lecturer in war studies and director of operations at the Kings Centre for Strategic Communications.

“Collateral damage” in our military interventions – especially the killing of children and defenseless adults – could be massively reduced by using non-lethal weapons. A large variety of these exists, and yet our militaries do not like to use them, and there is little interest in the matter in countries supposedly so committed to upholding human rights. In this pioneering study, Dr Ofer Fridman identifies the causes of this in diverse military cultures and a – to my mind shameful – public disinterest in what happens to civilians elsewhere. A must-read for all practitioners and anybody willing to support military interventions.

• Chapter I: Non-Lethal Weapons –The Revolution in Military Affairs That Did Not OccurChapter II: From the Frontier to the ‘Protector of the Free World’ – the U.S. and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter III: ‘Besieged Fortress’ and the Politics of ‘Double Standards’ – Russia and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter IV: ‘Never Again shall Masada Fall!’ – Israel and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesConclusions: Enemy Civilian Casualties – Do We Really Care?

Ofer Fridman is lecturer in war studies and director of operations at the Kings Centre for Strategic Communications.

“Collateral damage” in our military interventions – especially the killing of children and defenseless adults – could be massively reduced by using non-lethal weapons. A large variety of these exists, and yet our militaries do not like to use them, and there is little interest in the matter in countries supposedly so committed to upholding human rights. In this pioneering study, Dr Ofer Fridman identifies the causes of this in diverse military cultures and a – to my mind shameful – public disinterest in what happens to civilians elsewhere. A must-read for all practitioners and anybody willing to support military interventions.

• Chapter I: Non-Lethal Weapons –The Revolution in Military Affairs That Did Not OccurChapter II: From the Frontier to the ‘Protector of the Free World’ – the U.S. and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter III: ‘Besieged Fortress’ and the Politics of ‘Double Standards’ – Russia and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter IV: ‘Never Again shall Masada Fall!’ – Israel and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesConclusions: Enemy Civilian Casualties – Do We Really Care?

Ofer Fridman is lecturer in war studies and director of operations at the Kings Centre for Strategic Communications.

“Collateral damage” in our military interventions – especially the killing of children and defenseless adults – could be massively reduced by using non-lethal weapons. A large variety of these exists, and yet our militaries do not like to use them, and there is little interest in the matter in countries supposedly so committed to upholding human rights. In this pioneering study, Dr Ofer Fridman identifies the causes of this in diverse military cultures and a – to my mind shameful – public disinterest in what happens to civilians elsewhere. A must-read for all practitioners and anybody willing to support military interventions.

• Chapter I: Non-Lethal Weapons –The Revolution in Military Affairs That Did Not OccurChapter II: From the Frontier to the ‘Protector of the Free World’ – the U.S. and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter III: ‘Besieged Fortress’ and the Politics of ‘Double Standards’ – Russia and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesChapter IV: ‘Never Again shall Masada Fall!’ – Israel and Enemy Civilian CasualtiesConclusions: Enemy Civilian Casualties – Do We Really Care?