Justifying War [electronic resource] : Propaganda, Politics and the Modern Age /
Welch, D.editor.
Fox, J.editor.
A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations and Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""1 Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and The Modern Age""; ""Part I: Empire, War and The Modern Age: Imperialism and Conflict in the Nineteenth Century""; ""2 Justifying the South African War: Boer Propaganda, 1899â€?1902""; ""3 Justifying 'New Imperialism': The Making of Colonial Heroes, 1857â€?1902""; ""Part II: The First World War: Conflict and Aftermath""; ""4 War Aims and the 'Big Ideas' of 1914""; ""5 'Why We Are At War': Justifying War in Britain, 1914""
""6 Advertising and the Public in Britain during the First World War""""7 Justifying Chemical Warfare: The Origins and Ethics of Britain's Chemical Warfare Programme, 1915â€?1939""; ""8 Britain's 'Last Crusade': From War Propaganda to War Commemoration, c. 1914â€?1930""; ""Part III: The Second World War: Justifying Global Conflict""; ""9 Saving Civilization: British Public Opinion and the Coming of War in 1939""; ""10 'There will be no war': The Daily Express and the Approach of War, 1938â€?39""; ""11 Fighting for Freedom: The Second World War and a Century of American War Propaganda""
""12 From War Talk to Rights Talk: War Aims and Human Rights in the Second World War""""Part IV: Cold War: Justifying Ideologies""; ""13 'The Great Movement to Resist America and Assist Korea': How Beijing Sold the Korean War""; ""14 Aesthetic Enemies: The 'Two Cultures' Theory at the Outset of the Cold War""; ""15 Justifying Vietnam: The United States Information Agency's Vietnam Campaign for International Audiences""; ""Part V: Into the Modern Age: Justifying War in the Twenty-first Century""; ""16 Humanitarian War: Justifying Western Military Intervention, 1991â€?2001""
""17 Cosmopolitanism and Precautionary War""""18 Justifying the Iraq War and Managing the Media: A Comparative Historical Analysis""; ""19 Losing the (Information) War on Terror""; ""20 The Role of the Media in Justifying and Promoting War""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups.
World politics.
Historiography.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Politics and war.
Political History.
Historiography and Method.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Military and Defence Studies.