How to look good in a war : justifying and challenging state violence /
Brian Rappert.
- viii, 167 pages ; 22 cm
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.
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