War, Image and Legitmacy

War, Image and Legitmacy

In a world where the power of the moving image is evident all around us and images can be transmitted seconds after they are taken, the relationship between images, legitimacy and war is of critical importance.

Drawing on a wide range of examples from fiction and factual film, current affairs and television news, as well as new digital media, concerning the US, the UK, the 'Global War on Terror', the Yugoslav war, former Soviet conflicts, the Middle East and Africa, this book examines the power of the moving image and the relationship between images, legitimacy and war. It introduces the radically novel proposition that moving images are the key weapons of contemporary warfare. Crucially, the book demonstrates how moving image representation of conflict can affect the legitimacy, conduct and outcome of contemporary warfare. Just as with other weapons of war.

War, Image and Legitmacy : Viewing Contemporary Conflict - Abingdon, UK : Routledge.
xv, 268 p.; 24 cm.
(Contemporary Security Studies ; 47)
ISBN: 9780415401012
Author(s):
1. Michalski, Milena
2. Gow, James
Subject(s):
1. MASS MEDIA AND WAR
ID number: 80021460
Year: 2007