1. The warrior's dishonour / George Kassimeris = 1
PART 1. Stories of atrocity
2. Barbarism in war : soldiers and civilians in the British Isles, c.1641-1652 / Frank Tallett = 19
3. Hatred and honour in the military culture of the French revolution / Ian Germani = 41
4. The British army and controlling barbarization during the Kenya emergency / Huw C. Bennet = 59
5. Beyond terror and insurgency : the LRA's dirty war in Northern Uganda / Anthony Vinci = 81
PART 2. Barbarity as strategy in modern warfare
6. Why there is no barbarisation but a lot of barbarity in warfare / Uwe Steinhoff = 101
7. Barbarity as strategy / Graham Long = 113
PART 3. The barbarity of contemporary culture
8. Taking the gloves off and the illusion of victory : how not to conduct a counter-insurgency / David Whetham = 129
9. The discursive construction of torture in the war on terror : narratives of danger and evil / Richard Jackson = 141
PART 4. War crimes and human rights
10. Reconstructing war : the politics of conflict and barbarity via the Yugoslav tribunal / Tim Montgomery = 171
11. "Not being victims ever again" : victimhood and ideology / Stephen Riley = 191
PART 5. Making torture legal?
12. Justifying absolute prohibitions on torture as if consequences mattered / Michael Plaxton = 205
13. Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism : a barbarisation of the criminal justice system? / Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos = 223
PART 1. Stories of atrocity
2. Barbarism in war : soldiers and civilians in the British Isles, c.1641-1652 / Frank Tallett = 19
3. Hatred and honour in the military culture of the French revolution / Ian Germani = 41
4. The British army and controlling barbarization during the Kenya emergency / Huw C. Bennet = 59
5. Beyond terror and insurgency : the LRA's dirty war in Northern Uganda / Anthony Vinci = 81
PART 2. Barbarity as strategy in modern warfare
6. Why there is no barbarisation but a lot of barbarity in warfare / Uwe Steinhoff = 101
7. Barbarity as strategy / Graham Long = 113
PART 3. The barbarity of contemporary culture
8. Taking the gloves off and the illusion of victory : how not to conduct a counter-insurgency / David Whetham = 129
9. The discursive construction of torture in the war on terror : narratives of danger and evil / Richard Jackson = 141
PART 4. War crimes and human rights
10. Reconstructing war : the politics of conflict and barbarity via the Yugoslav tribunal / Tim Montgomery = 171
11. "Not being victims ever again" : victimhood and ideology / Stephen Riley = 191
PART 5. Making torture legal?
12. Justifying absolute prohibitions on torture as if consequences mattered / Michael Plaxton = 205
13. Torture, evidence and criminal procedure in the age of terrorism : a barbarisation of the criminal justice system? / Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos = 223