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How to Look Good in a War: Justifying and Challenging State Violence

How to Look Good in a War: Justifying and Challenging State Violence

Rappert, Brian

Paperback

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0745331793
ISBN13: 9780745331799
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: Sep 6 2012
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
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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