[ecrea] new book - Image Warfare in the War on Terror (Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013)

Image Warfare in the War on Terror

Nathan Roger

Palgrave Macmillan (January 2013)

Series: New Security Challenges

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=546536



Image Warfare in the War on Terror provides an innovative re-examination 
of the war

on terror, arguing that since September 11th 2001, image warfare has 
replaced

techno-war as the dominant warfighting model. Roger suggests that image 
warfare is

a form of warfare in which Al Qaeda currently dominates while the West 
is still playing

catch-up. By dealing with the deployment of disturbing images generated 
by the 9/11

attacks from bin Laden videos, suicide terrorism and hostage executions 
to prisoner

abuses, Roger provides us with a new vocabulary through which these acts 
can be

discussed and understood. Offering the first comprehensive assessment of 
image

warfare from an International Relations perspective, this study also 
engages with

media studies and visual cultures to reveal an intriguing new line of 
political

communications explained through Roger's conceptual terms 'image munitions',

'counter-image munitions' and 'remediation battles'.



Contents:

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Theorizing Image Warfare

Political Communications: Bush, Blair and bin Laden

Suicides

Executions

Abuses

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography



Reviews:

Nathan Roger offers a conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich 
exploration of

the significance of images within contemporary warfare. Not only does he 
encourage

us to rethink the place and importance of video-wills, Abu Ghraib 
photographs and

other 'image munitions' in the war on terrorism, he also provides us 
with a new

theoretical vocabulary for their analysis. Image Warfare in the War on 
Terror will be

essential reading for students of International Relations, Security 
Studies, Media

Studies and beyond. - Dr Lee Jarvis, Senior Lecturer in International 
Relations and

Terrorism, Swansea University, UK



'Image Warfare in the War on Terror is an important book that introduces key

concepts and ideas from Visual Culture to the traditional concerns of 
Strategic

Studies and International Relations. It stages this conversation against 
the backdrop

of the War on Terror and shows how images work in relation to military 
strategy and

foreign policy.' - Debbie Lisle, Senior Lecturer in International 
Relations and Cultural

Studies, Queen's University Belfast, UK



NATHAN ROGER is an Honorary Research Associate in the Research Institute for

Arts and Humanities (RIAH) at Swansea University, UK. He is an Editorial 
Assistant

for The Journal of War and Culture Studies and an Editorial Review Board 
member

for the e-journal The Journal of International Relations Research.



Regards,



Nathan

Dr. Nathan Roger
Research Administrator
Research Institute for Arts and Humanities
Room 410
Keir Hardie Building
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP

Dr. Nathan Roger
Gweinyddwr Ymchwil
Sefydliad Ymchwil y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau
Ystafell 410
Adeilad Keir Hardie
Prifysgol Abertawe
Parc Singleton
Abertawe
SA2 8PP

01792 606 690
(n.roger /at/ swansea.ac.uk)



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