The soft power of war /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 147 pages)
Language:English
Series:Benjamins current topics, 1874-0081 ; v. 3
Benjamins current topics ; v. 3.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171519
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Other authors / contributors:Chouliaraki, Lilie.
ISBN:9789027292544
902729254X
9789027222336
9027222339
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book, which was originally published as a Special Issue of Journal of Language & Politics 4:1 (2005), takes the war in Iraq as an exemplary case through which to demonstrate the changing nature of contemporary power. The book convincingly argues that the effective study of international politics depends today upon our understanding of the interplay between hard (military, economic) and soft (symbolic) power. One might say, between the politics of territory, guns or money and the language of narrating the world in coherent and persuasive stories. Bringing together different strands of disc.
Other form:Print version: Soft power of war. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007 9789027222336 9027222339