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Warrior's Dishonour : Barbarity, Morality and Torture in Modern Warfare

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Warrior's Dishonour : Barbarity, Morality and Torture in Modern Warfare

\ edited by George Kassimeris.

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT

: Ashgate

, 2006

ix, 243 p

E.Book: 25084

The characteristic act of men at war is not killing. It is killing by committing shocking and unspeakable atrocities, when circumstances permit. What drives ordinary people into hatred, genocide, inhumanity and evil? What turns friends and neighbours against each other with such savagery? Where does such barbarity come from? This collection examines the anarchy, cruelty and overwhelming confusion of modern warfare. In particular it analyzes: ¢ what happens when morality vanishes from the battlefield and why torture is endemic in modern warfare; ¢ how human rights, in times of war, lose meaning as a set of principles; ¢ whether official propaganda and enemy demonization make barbaric behaviour easier; ¢ how we can develop cultures opposed to torture that damage the legitimacy of our societies. Through a wealth of case studies that have been carefully selected in terms of their themes, approaches and methodologies, this comprehensive volume provokes discussion and enhances understanding from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

The warrior's dishonour / George Kassimeris -- Stories of atrocity -- Barbarism in war : soldiers and civilians in the British Isles, c.1641-1652 / Frank Tallett -- Hatred and honour in the military culture of the French revolution / Ian Germani -- The British army and controlling barbarization during the Kenya emergency / Huw C. Bennet -- Between terror and insurgency : the LRA's dirty war in Northern Uganda / Anthony Vinci -- Barbarity as strategy in modern warfare -- Why there is no barbarisation but a lot of barbarity in warfare / Uwe Steinhoff -- Barbarity as strategy / Graham Long -- The barbarity of contemporary culture -- Taking the gloves off and the illusion of victory : how not to conduct a counter-insurgency / David Whetham -- The discursive construction of torture in the war on terror : narratives of danger and evil / Richard Jackson -- War crimes and human rights -- Reconstructing war : the politics of conflict and barbarity via the Yugoslav tribunal / Tim Montgomery -- "Not being victims ever again" : victimhood and ideology / Stephen Riley -- Making torture legal? -- Justifying absolute prohibitions on torture as if consequences mattered / Michael Plaxton -- Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism : a barbarisation of the criminal justice system? / Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos

War--Psychological aspects.

Torture.

Human rights.

Atrocities

Violence--Case studies.

Kassimeris, George