Barbarisation of Warfare by George Kassimeris
With contributions from scholars, this book raises disturbing questions: Can warfare be anything other than barbaric? Are we all human, or are some of us less human than others in wartime? Can torture ever be justified? This book presents an analysis of the human misery and complex moral dimensions of modern warfare.
'An impressive assessment of an important, if grim, subject by an outstanding group of scholarsIt is one of the very few books whose own scale matches that of the events it describes.' -John Mueller, Woody Hayes Chair of National Security at Ohio State University and author of The Remnants of War'fascinating, revealing and disturbing A... The Barbarisation of Warfare is a book that none of us should ignore.' -Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee and author of Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back'This book shows us the true barbarism of warfare. Itmakes brilliant but unsettling reading. Viewed together, the essaysoffer as good a sustained critique of war as is available anywhere inprint, combined with a passion and engagement that is all too rareinfirst rate scholarship. The book is to be greatly treasured as animportant contribution in a field of study that remains depressingly relevant in the world today.'-Professor C. A. Gearty, London School of Economics
George Kassimeris is a Senior Research Fellow in Conflict and Terrorism at the University of Wolverhampton, England. He is currently working on a biography of Greece's first socialist prime minister Andreas Papandreou, to be published by Hurst. He writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal Europe, the International Herald Tribune and the Independent.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781850657996 |
| ISBN 10 | 1850657998 |
| Title | Barbarisation of Warfare |
| Author | George Kassimeris |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-08-02 |
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