Trapped In Bloody Hell? Civilian Killing and Civil War Recurrence

초록

Why does civil war recur? In the present day, many civilians are sacrificed and killed in civil wars due to brutal battles between insurgents and governments. However, civil war research has focused more on the governments and insurgent groups than on civilian sacrifices. Therefore, this study posits that civilians influence the dynamics of civil wars because civilians are the ones who bleed together in conflicts, and they can either become supporters of the government or rebels. The findings show that peace cannot be long-lasting if the government uses violence against civilians, and civil war is thus likely to recur, whereas the recurrence of civil war is reduced if rebels use violence because innocent deaths cause public anger, and that anger will be directed towards the perpetrator who used violence.

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