The images from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad have been a grim reminder of warfare's undiminished capacity for brutality and indiscriminate excess. What happened in Abu Ghraib has happened before: the World War II, and more recent wars and insurgencies in Algeria, Congo, Angola, Vietnam, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, and many others, all bear witness to the ever-present human capacity to commit barbaric acts if circumstances allow.
What drives people to mistreat, humiliate, and torment others? In an age when real time war, violence, and torture are becoming addictive forms of entertainment, it is now more critical than ever to deepen our understanding of the extraordinary distortions of the human psyche and spirit that occur in wartime. Eight distinguished scholars explore, in this first collective effort, the effects of the barbarization of warfare on our cultures and societies.
Contributors: Joanna Bourke, Niall Ferguson, Jay Winter, Richard Overy, David Anderson, Hew Strachan, Paul Rogers, Kathleen Taylor, Marilyn Young, Paul Rogers, Anthony Dworkin, Amir Weiner, Mary Habeck, and David Simpson.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
George Kassimeris is a Senior Research Fellow in Conflict and Terrorism at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of Europe’s Last Red Terrorists (NYU Press) the first book in any language on Greece’s notorious November 17th terrorist group. He writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal Europe and the International Herald Tribune and is now working on a biography of Andreas Papandreou.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 10,41
Da: Regno Unito a: U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Codice articolo B9780814747964
Descrizione libro hardback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780814747964
Descrizione libro HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo C8-9780814747964
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. Codice articolo 9780814747964
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo ABLIING23Feb2416190230939
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. 2006. Hardback. . . . . . Codice articolo V9780814747964
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Codice articolo 6666-CBL-9780814747964
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 321 pages. 8.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo __0814747965
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. In. Codice articolo ria9780814747964_new
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Codice articolo ria9780814747964_lsuk