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Informationen zum Autor Janina Struk is a freelance photographer and writer, and author of the highly acclaimed 'Photographing the Holocaust', also published by I.B. Tauris. Klappentext Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pictures has not been clear Zusammenfassung Snapshots taken by American soldiers of Iraqi prisoners stripped naked, humiliated and tortured shocked the world in 2004 and more have followed from the conflict in Afghanistan, but whether the public have been horrified by the soldiers' conduct or the fact they have taken pictures has not been clear Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Chapter One: OUTRAGE AT ABU GHRAIBSOUVENIRS FROM IRAQUNCOVERING THE EVIDENCETHE GLUT OF PICTURESWHAT DID THE PICTURES MEAN?SUPPRESSION OF THE EVIDENCEChapter Two: LEARNING TO PHOTOGRAPH WARWILD IMAGININGA SOLDIER'S CAMERAARMY OF SNAPSHOOTERSTHE DISAPPOINTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHY ON THE HOME FRONTSNAPSHOTS FROM HOME CHAPTER THREE: TELLING TALES A SAILOR'S PHOTO ALBUMTOURISTS IN UNIFORMFRAGMENTS OF WARTHOSE WERE THE DAYSCHAPTER FOUR: PHOTOGRAPHS AS RESISTANCE DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONARMED WITH CAMERASA PICTURE AT WARRECOVERED MEMORIESChapter Five: PICTURES HAUNT A NATIONA VISIT TO THE ARCHIVESTHE MYTH OF THE PASTSCARS OF A GENERATIONTHE STORIES THEY TELLWHAT THE PICTURES SHOWRESEALING THE PAST.Chapter Six: INADMISSABLE EVIDENCE"BRITAIN'S ABU GHRAIB"INCRIMINATING EVIDENCETHE MIRROR'S GREAT SCOOPCRIMES OF WARChapter Seven: BREAKING THE SILENCE THE BANALITY OF PICTURESSPREADING THE WORD"OUR OWN ABU GHRAIB"Chapter Eight: THE INSIDE VIEW OF WARA PARTICULAR KIND OF TRUTHIN SEARCH OF THE REAL THINGHARDCORE WARNOGRAPHYMOVIES THAT STAR THEMREINVENTING THE REALNotesIndex
