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

Sat Jan 26 00:52:13 GMT 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
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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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