Backfire
A History of Friendly Fire from Ancient Warfare to the Present Day
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Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebackfirehistoryo0000rega
- ISBN-101861055013
- ISBN-139781861055019
- Library of Congress Control Number2003386677
- Better World Books9781861055019
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL8628681M
Classifications
- LCCU167 .R44 2002
- LCCU167
Description
It has been estimated that during the First World War 75,000 French soldiers were killed or maimed by 'friendly fire', the euphemism commonly used for being killed by one's own colleagues or allies, presumably in error. As recently as the Gulf War the heaviest British casualties suffered in a single engagement were caused when US forces fired at British armoured vehicles, killing nine of the men inside. A quarter of all American casualties in 1991 were caused by other American soldiers How can this happen? How widespread is it? To what extent is the problem covered up?
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