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War and the city: a history
As long as there have been cities, wars have been staged within them. While the term ‘urban warfare’ conjures more recent images of hollowed buildings and human suffering from Mosul and Mekelle, its history dates back several millennia. In this post, part of our blog series on urban warfare, ICRC’s historian Daniel Palmieri takes us through the archives of war and the city.
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