Between war and politics
Subtitle: international relations and the thought of Hannah Arendt
By: Patricia Owens.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199299362
Subjects: Arendt, Hannah, -- 1906-1975.; Politics and war.; International relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Introduction; Violence and power, politics, and war; Who is revealed in war? : history, war, and storytelling; The boomerang effect: on the imperial origins of total war; How dangerous it can be to be innocent : war and the law; Rage against hypocrisy : on liberal wars for human rights; Beyond Strauss, lies, and the war in Iraq : a critique of neoconservativism; The humanitarian condition : on war and making a global public; Conclusion.