How to look good in a war : justifying and challenging state violence / Brian Rappert.
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.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London : New York :
Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America by Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 167 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1849647739 9781849647731 |