Stripping bare the body : politics, violence, war /: politics, violence, war. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Danner.
• Other Names: Danner, Mark, 1958-
• Contents: Foreword / by Louis Begley -- Introduction / by author -- Beyond the mountains -- La parenthèse -- The legacy -- The mountains -- The saddest story -- How not to stop a war -- Cleansing, camps, and genocide -- "Safe areas" and the politics of gesture -- Explosion in the marketplace -- The great betrayal -- To the killing fields -- Operation Storm and the cold peace -- Coda: Endgame in Kosovo -- Marooned in the Cold War -- The forever war -- The battleground in the American mind -- Struggles of democracy and empire -- How not to win a war -- Delusions in Baghdad -- Abu Ghraib : the hidden story -- A doctrine left behind -- We are all torturers now -- The real election -- The secret way to war -- Taking stock of the forever war -- The war of the imagination -- Words in a time of war -- Voices from the black sites -- The Red Cross report and what it means -- Into the light? : torture, power, and the real American exception -- Afterword: The erotic pull of the strange.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Nation Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 626 pages), maps
• Subjects: 355.0209045; Military history, Modern -- 20th century; Military history, Modern -- 21st century; Violence -- Political aspects; Torture -- Political aspects; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Militarism -- United States; Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 1989-; Haiti -- History -- 1986-; Iraq War, 2003-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Military policy; Military Science; History; Political Science; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Haiti -- History -- 1986-; Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 1989-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Military policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780786744572
• Related ISBNs: 078674457X; 9781568584133; 156858413X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-604) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.