War As Experience: Contributions From International Relations And Feminist Analysis (war, Politics And Experience)

This Book Is A Major New Contribution To Our Understanding Of War And International Relations (ir). Divided Into Two Sections, The First Part Surveys The State Of War And War Studies In International Relations, Security Studies And In Feminist International Relations. The Second Part Addresses A Missing Area Of Ir Studies Of War That Feminism Is Well-placed To Fill In: The Emotional And Physical Aspects Of War. The Author Examines A Wide Variety Of Conflict Situations, Such As The Israel/palestine Dispute, The Cold War, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Wars Of Liberation In Africa, Genocidal War In Rwanda; Humanitarian Interventionist War In The Balkans, The Recent Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq And The 'war On Terror'. Drawing On The Latest Feminist Thinking, The Author Demonstrates How War Is Experienced As A Body-based Politics And In So Doing Provides An Innovative And Challenging Corrective To Traditional Theories Of War In International Relations. This Will Be Essential Reading For All Those With An Interest In Gender, War And International Relations. Introduction: War Questions For Feminism And International Relations -- Ir Takes On War -- Feminist (ir) Takes On War -- War As Physical Experience -- War As Emotional Experience -- Concluding, Collaging And Looking Ahead. Christine Sylvester. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 CONTENTS 9 Acknowledgements 10 Introduction: War questions for feminism and International Relations 12 PART I International Relations and feminists consider war 26 1 IR takes on war 28 2 Feminist (IR) takes on war 49 PART II Rethinking elements and approaches to war 74 3 War as physical experience 76 4 War as emotional experience 98 5 Concluding, collaging, and looking ahead 122 Notes 138 References 142 Index 153 Contributions from International Relations and Feminist Analysis