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UNINA9910452901903321 |
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Autore |
Creed Pamela <1969-, > |
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Ethics, norms and the narratives of war : creating and encountering the enemy other / / Pamela Creed |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-25206-1 |
1-280-87432-5 |
9786613715630 |
1-136-25207-X |
0-203-10502-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Soldiers - United States - Attitudes |
Discourse analysis, Narrative |
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United States Armed Forces Iraq Attitudes |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The making of an American war narrative; 1 From crisis to consensus; 2 Shifting storylines: enter Iraq; 3 The push toward preemptive war: from rhetoric to reality; Part II: Narrating ourselves into war; 4 Receiving the narrative; 5 Myth, memory and humiliation; Part III: Living the narrative; 6 Embracing uncertainty; 7 Between spaces: confusion and courage; 8 Conclusion; List of interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This book examines the ethics and values that render a war discourse normative, and features the stories of American soldiers who fought in the Iraq War to show how this narrative can change. The invasion of Iraq, launched in March 2003, was led by the United States under the now discredited claim that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). However, critical questions concerning what we may |
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be able to learn from this experience remain largely unexplored. The focus of this book, therefore, is on soldiers as systems of war - and the internal battle many of them wage as |
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UNINA9910462608703321 |
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The Ashgate research companion to feminist legal theory / / edited by Margaret Davies, Vanessa E. Munro |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-317-04341-3 |
1-315-61297-6 |
1-78402-143-1 |
1-4094-1860-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (436 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ashgate Research Companions |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DaviesMargaret |
MunroVanessa |
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Disciplina |
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Feminist jurisprudence |
Women - Legal status, laws, etc |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Theoregical questions in feminist legal theory -- pt. 2. Concepts in feminist legal theory -- pt. 3. Issues in feminist legal theory. |
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This Companion celebrates the strength of feminist legal thought, which is manifested in this dynamic combination of stability and change, as well as in the diversity of perspectives and methodologies, and the extensive range of subject-matters, which are now included within its ambit. Bringing together contributors from across a range of jurisdictions and legal traditions, the book provides a concise but critical review of existing theory in relation to the core issues or concepts that have animated, and continue to animate, feminism. It provides an authoritative and scholarly review of conte |
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