How to Look Good in a War
eBook - ePub

How to Look Good in a War

Justifying and Challenging State Violence

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Look Good in a War

Justifying and Challenging State Violence

About this book

This book examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence. While others have shown how 'truth is the first casualty of war', this is the first to analyse exactly how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalised. Brian Rappert details the 'upside-down' world of war in which revelation conceals, knowledge fosters uncertainty, and transparency obscures. He looks at government spin during recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya where officials manoeuvre between circulating and withholding information. Through looking at recent controversies such as the use of weapons of mass destruction, cluster munitions and international law, Rappert considers how ignorance about the operation of war is produced and how individuals and groups can intervene to make a difference.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780745331799
eBook ISBN
9781849647748
Edition
1
Topic
Política y relaciones internacionales
Subtopic
Derechos humanos

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: Grasping Shadows
  8. PART I: PARTIAL REVELATIONS
  9. 1 Show and Tell: Distortion, Concealment, and WMD
  10. 2 Estimating Ignorance
  11. 3 Disabling Discourses: International Law, Legitimacy, and the Politics of Balance
  12. PART II: DIALOGUES
  13. 4 Covert Conversations and Public Secrets?: The Banning of Cluster Munitions
  14. 5 Binding Options
  15. 6 Framing and Framed: The Category of Explosive Violence
  16. Conclusion: Pulling Back
  17. Notes
  18. Index