I'm participating in an event in London this Thursday evening. Please come! It should be really interesting and there are still a few (free) tickets left. Below is the event description. You can sign up here. (Note there is a room change. It's now in room 104 of Senate house rather than the Court Room. … Continue reading The Bloody Lens – Thursday Evening Event in London!
Month: February 2018
Spewing Rancid Effluvia at Iraq Body Count – Part 1
This post follows up on this one. However, rather than calling it "A Debate about Excess Deaths - Part 2" I went with the above title which is more descriptive of what's actually going on here.. In fact, it's bizarre that the Iraq Body Count (IBC) database has been dragooned into a debate about excess deaths. IBC … Continue reading Spewing Rancid Effluvia at Iraq Body Count – Part 1
A Debate about Excess War Deaths: Part I
I just got page proofs for a new paper on excess deaths in Iraq that I've written with Stijn van Weezel. This new paper is actually a rejoinder to a reply to an earlier paper I wrote with Stijn which was, in turn, a critique of a still earlier paper. In short, Stijn and I have … Continue reading A Debate about Excess War Deaths: Part I
War, Numbers and Human Losses 