عرض عادي
How to look good in a war : justifying and challenging state violence / Brian Rappert.
نوع المادة :
نصالناشر:London : Pluto Press ; 2012الموزع:New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012وصف:viii, 167 pages ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0745331807
- 9780745331805
- 9780745331799 (pbk)
- 0745331793 (pbk)
- P96.W352 R377 2012
المحتويات:
ملخص:Examines the methods used to depict, defend, and justify the use of state violence, analyzing how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalized through studying government spin during recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
Introduction : grasping shadows -- Partial revelations. Show and tell : distortion, concealment, and WMD ; Estimating ignorance ; Disabling discourses : international law, legitimacy, and the politics of balance -- Dialogues. Covert conversations and public secrets? : the banning of cluster munitions ; Binding options ; Framing and framed : the category of explosive violence -- Conclusion : pulling back.
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | P96.W352 R377 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011312534 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | P96.W352 R377 2012 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011312532 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-163) and index.
Introduction : grasping shadows -- Partial revelations. Show and tell : distortion, concealment, and WMD ; Estimating ignorance ; Disabling discourses : international law, legitimacy, and the politics of balance -- Dialogues. Covert conversations and public secrets? : the banning of cluster munitions ; Binding options ; Framing and framed : the category of explosive violence -- Conclusion : pulling back.
Examines the methods used to depict, defend, and justify the use of state violence, analyzing how pro-war narratives are constructed and normalized through studying government spin during recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
