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Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11.

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Nathan Roger offers a conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich exploration of the significance of images within contemporary warfare. Not only does he encourage us to rethink the place and importance of video-wills, Abu Ghraib photographs and other 'image munitions' in the war on terrorism, he also provides us with a new theoretical vocabulary for their analysis. Image Warfare in the War on Terror will be essential reading for students of International Relations, Security Studies, Media Studies and beyond. - Dr Lee Jarvis, Specialist in International Relations and Terrorism, Swansea University, UK 'Image Warfare in the War on Terror is an important book that introduces key concepts and ideas from Visual Culture to the traditional concerns of Strategic Studies and International Relations. It stages this conversation against the backdrop of the War on Terror and shows how images work in relation to military strategy and foreign policy.' - Debbie Lisle, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Cultural Studies, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Nathan Roger offers a conceptually sophisticated and empirically rich exploration of the significance of images within contemporary warfare. Not only does he encourage us to rethink the place and importance of video-wills, Abu Ghraib photographs and other 'image munitions' in the war on terrorism, he also provides us with a new theoretical vocabulary for their analysis. Image Warfare in the War on Terror will be essential reading for students of International Relations, Security Studies, Media Studies and beyond. - Dr Lee Jarvis, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Terrorism, Swansea University, UK 'Image Warfare in the War on Terror is an important book that introduces key concepts and ideas from Visual Culture to the traditional concerns of Strategic Studies and International Relations. It stages this conversation against the backdrop of the War on Terror and shows how images work in relation to military strategy and foreign policy.' - Debbie Lisle, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Cultural Studies, Queen's University Belfast, UK

What Roger is justifiably attempting to do is relocate media in the international relations literature; namely, to treat the media landscape as a central principle, perhaps the primary theatre in which events are played out. Combining theoretical literature from international relations and from strategic, cultural, media and terrorist studies, he traces the changing nature of image use during the so-called War on Terror [...] The reason Roger deserves a wider readership is that he is tackling a significant argument, and one that some in the academy and government on both sides of the Atlantic have been engaged in for many years. - Times Higher Education

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NATHAN ROGER is an Honorary Research Associate in the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) at Swansea University, UK. He is an Editorial Assistant for The Journal of War and Culture Studies and an Editorial Review Board member for the e-journal The Journal of International Relations Research.

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