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Table of Contents 1. The Warrior¿s Dishonour ¿ George Kassimeris Part One: Stories of Atrocity 2. Barbarism in War: Soldiers and Civilians in the British Isles, c.1641-1652. Frank Tallett 3. Hatred and Honour in the Military Culture of the French Revolution Ian Germani 4. Barbarisation and the British Army during the Kenya Emergency. Huw Bennet 5. Between Terror and Insurgency: The LRA¿s Dirty War in Northern Uganda Anthony Vinci Part Two: Barbarity as Strategy in Modern Warfare 6. Why There No Barbarisation But a Lot of Barbarity in Warfare Uwe Steinhoff 7. Barbarity as Strategy Graham Long Part Three: The Barbarity of Contemporary Culture 8. ¿Taking the Gloves Off¿ and the Illusion of Victory: How Not to Conduct a Counter-Insurgency David Whetham 9. The Discursive Construction of Torture in the War on Terrorism: Narratives of Danger and Evil Richard Jackson Part Four: War Crimes and Human Rights 10. Reconstructing War: The politics of conflict and barbarity via the Yugoslav Tribunal Tim Montgomery 11. ¿Not Being Victims Ever Again¿: Victimhood as Ideology Stephen Riley Part Five: Making Torture Legal? 12. Justifying Absolute Prohibitions on Torture As If Consequences Mattered Michael Plaxton 13. Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism: A Barbarisation of the criminal justice system? Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
War -- Psychological aspects.
Torture.
Human rights.
Violence -- Case studies.