• Distinction Between Civilian and Non Civilian

    Author(s):
    David Brady (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Peacebuilding, War Studies
    Subject(s):
    War and society, War, Peace--Social aspects, Peace-building, Humanitarian intervention, Peace
    Item Type:
    Essay
    Tag(s):
    civilian, humanitarian, War, War and conflict, Sociology of peace, war, and social conflict, Conflict
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M66W9681X
    Abstract:
    Throughout antiquity there has always been the tension between differentiating being civilians and non-civilians in conflict. In some of the earliest recorded times in history we have stories of the Israelites marching around Jericho and bringing its walls down, barbarian tribes facing off with Romans, peasants storming castles, and modern era minutemen arising against the British. The common factor amongst these illustrations is at any given moment these combatants morphed between civilian and non-civilian rolls fluidly causing one to ask the question, then, as well as today, was the distinction between civilian and non-civilian accurate, or still accurate, in internal conflict? This situation seems not to be new in overall history but in the modern era we have grown accustomed to uniformed armed conflict, the idea of non-uniformed conflict catches us by surprise leaving us unprepared to deal with not just the armed conflict but the humanitarian relief that can come due to the conflict itself. In like manner, we have grown accustomed to international conflict and find it difficult to grasp intra-national or internal conflict when differentiating between civilian and non-civilian. In today’s world there is little difference between civilian and non-civilian in internal conflict.
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    Pub. Date:
    26 March 2018
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
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