TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Pre-emptive or Arbitrary
JO  - Journal of conflict resolution
A1  - Herreros, Francisco
A1  - Criado, Henar
SP  - 419
EP  - 445
VL  - 53
IS  - 3
N2  - This article analyzes the determinants of the variation in the levels of lethal violence against civilians during a civil war. It departs from the usual explanations of this variation, advancing two different logics to account for civilians' victimization: strategic violence directed to avoid rebellions by targeting would-be political entrepreneurs and violence as a consequence of the breakdown of the state's authority. It uses a new data set on violence against civilians during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.<p />
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SN  - 0022-0027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002709332208
ID  - ref1
ER  -