Warrior`s dishonour barbarity, morality and torture in modern warfare

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The warrior's dishonour / George Kassimeris -- Stories of atrocity -- Barbarism in war : soldiers and civilians in the British Isles, c.1641-1652 / Frank Tallett -- Hatred and honour in the military culture of the French revolution / Ian Germani -- The British army and controlling barbarization during the Kenya emergency / Huw C. Bennet -- Between terror and insurgency : the LRA's dirty war in Northern Uganda / Anthony Vinci -- Barbarity as strategy in modern warfare -- Why there is no barbarisation but a lot of barbarity in warfare / Uwe Steinhoff -- Barbarity as strategy / Graham Long -- The barbarity of contemporary culture -- Taking the gloves off and the illusion of victory : how not to conduct a counter-insurgency / David Whetham -- The discursive construction of torture in the war on terror : narratives of danger and evil / Richard Jackson -- War crimes and human rights -- Reconstructing war : the politics of conflict and barbarity via the Yugoslav tribunal / Tim Montgomery -- "Not being victims ever again" : victimhood and ideology / Stephen Riley -- Making torture legal? -- Justifying absolute prohibitions on torture as if consequences mattered / Michael Plaxton -- Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism : a barbarisation of the criminal justice system? / Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos.