1st Edition
War, Image and Legitimacy Viewing Contemporary Conflict
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects our understanding of war. Crucially, how can moving-image representation of conflict affect the legitimacy, conduct and outcome of contemporary warfare?
The collapsing Twin Towers of September 11; the hooded figure at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; the images of beheadings on the internet; the emaciated figure in a... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Moving Images and Meaning: The Nature of the Weapon 3. Feature Fiction 4. Documentary and Current Affairs 5. Television News 6. The Alphabet of Images 7. Image and Experience: Legitimacy and Contemporary War. Filmography and Bibliography
Biography
James Gow, Milena Michalski
