Endless war? : hidden functions of the "war on terror" / David Keen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keen, David, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

War--Psychological aspects.

War.

War and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Was the Iraq war really an act of goodwill to liberate people from injustice? Or was it a strategic move to maintain US dominance globally? Endless War? casts a critical light on the real motives behind war and conflict. David Keen explores how winning war is rarely an end in itself; rather, war tends to be part of a wider political and economic game that is consistent with strengthening the enemy. Keen devises a radical framework for analysing an unending war project, where the "war on terror"; is an extension of the Cold War.The book draws on the author's detailed study of wars in Sudan, Sierra Leone, as well as in a range of other conflicts. It provides a new approach to conflict analysis that will be of use to students across development studies and the social sciences.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Fuel on the Fire: Predictably Counterproductive Tactics in the ' War on Terror'

3 War Systems: Local and Global

4 Elusive Enemies and the Need for Certainty

5 The New Witch-Hunt: Finding and Removing the Source of Evil

6 The Retreat from Evidence- Based Thinking

7 Action as Propaganda

8 Warding off the Shame of Powerlessness

9 Shame, Purity and Violence

10 Culture and Magic

11 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-278) and index.

ISBN:

9781849642774

184964277X

OCLC:

654104800