<p>The bombing of civilians has been called one of the "great scandals" of modern warfare. So why, despite nearly a century of drafting laws and signing conventions protecting the sanctity of human life, does bombing civilians remain a widespread military tactic?<em> IDEAS</em> producer Naheed Mustafa looks at a century of bombing civilians to try and answer that very question.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Yuki Tanaka</strong> is a historian and emeritus research professor of history at the Hiroshima Peace Institute.</p><p><strong>Mark Selden</strong> is senior research associate in the East Asia program at Cornell University, and the founder of Asia-Pacific Journal.</p><p><strong>Azmat Khan</strong> is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and an investigative journalist with the New York Times.</p>