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Ethics, norms and the narratives of war : creating and encountering the enemy other / / Pamela Creed



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Autore: Creed Pamela <1969-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ethics, norms and the narratives of war : creating and encountering the enemy other / / Pamela Creed Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
Disciplina: 355.0201
Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Soldiers - United States - Attitudes
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Iraq Attitudes
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
Titolo autorizzato: Ethics, norms and the narratives of war  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-25206-1
1-280-87432-5
9786613715630
1-136-25207-X
0-203-10502-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825125703321
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Serie: War, Conflict and Ethics