One of the most famous strategies would be to put pressure on the civilians, threaten their lives and even take them to the brink of death. This manly works only solely why is that the government doesn't want to lose the citizens that put their heart and flesh for the countries they live in to perish in such a brute way. It's not how humans should spend their last moments on this beautiful planet.
Actual cause is the real cause of an event (i.e accident) while proximate cause is the reason that the law sees as the cause of the injury from the accident.