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

Rappert, Brian

 
9780745331805: How to Look Good in a War: Justifying and Challenging State Violence
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0745331807 ISBN 13: 9780745331805
Publisher: Pluto Press, 2012

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter.

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Publisher
Pluto Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0745331807
ISBN 13 
9780745331805
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
176