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How to look good in a war : justifying and challenging state violence / Brian Rappert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rappert, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Press coverage.
- War.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 167 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Detailing the 'upside-down' world of war, 'How To Look Good in a War' examines the methods used to depict, defend and justify the use of state violence.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: Grasping Shadows
- Part I: Partial Revelations
- 1. Show and Tell: Distortion, Concealment, and WMD
- 2. Estimating Ignorance
- 3. Disabling Discourses: International Law, Legitimacy, and the Politics of Balance
- Part II: Dialogues
- 4. Covert Conversations and Public Secrets?: The Banning of Cluster Munitions
- 5. Binding Options
- 6. Framing and Framed: The Category of Explosive Violence
- Conclusion: Pulling Back
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781849647731 (Ebook)
- OCLC:
- 813285756
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