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Playing dirty to survive: the vulnerability of civilian targets within U.S. military aid recipient states

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  • Amira Jadoon

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U.S. military aid provides recipient governments the fighting capability they require to undermine domestic militant groups, which can undermine groups’ leadership structures and trigger group splintering. In this environment, brutal attacks against non-combatants become an effective mechanism for targeted groups to signal their resolve and outbid competitors. A large-n analysis of U.S. military aid between 1989 -2011 links higher levels of military aid with higher levels of rebel-perpetrated civilian killings, and deaths due to explosive attacks on non-combatant targets. A closer examination of the case of Pakistan sheds further light on the underlying causal mechanisms.

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  • Amira Jadoon, 2019. "Playing dirty to survive: the vulnerability of civilian targets within U.S. military aid recipient states," Small Wars and Insurgencies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(3), pages 587-614, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fswixx:v:30:y:2019:i:3:p:587-614
    DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2019.1601865
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