Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Fuel On The Fire. Predictably Counter-Productive Tactics In The ‘War On Terror’
3. War Systems. Local And Global
4. Elusive Enemies And The Need For Certainty
5. The New Witch-Hunt. Finding And Removing The Source Of Evil
6. The Retreat From Evidence-Based Thinking
7. Action-As-Propaganda
8. Warding Off The Shame Of Powerlessness
9. Shame, Purity And Violence
10. Culture And Magic
11. Conclusion
Notes
Index

About the Author

David Keen is Reader in Complex Emergencies at the Institute of Development Studies at the London School of Economics. He has written a number of books on conflicts, famines and civil wars, including Endless War?: Hidden Functions of the 'War on Terror' (Pluto, 2006). In recent years, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in Sudan, Sierra Leone and Iraq.