Truth Wars

We live in an age of crises that are global in scale and potentially apocalyptic in severity, affecting the lives of millions billions of people. Peter Lee examines the struggle for truth at the heart of these crises to show how political leaders attempt to shape individual behavior, attitudes and identity.

Highly topical in light of the ongoing financial, military, economic and resource crises Battles about truth and politics are relevant to everyone NGOs, UN, national governments, activists, academics, citizens Looks at 'truth' not in an isolated case scenario, but through analyzing military interventions, environmental disasters and the financial crisis Brings concepts from the natural sciences (climate change, geology, biology) together with the social sciences (politics, truth, philosophy)

Autorentext
Peter Lee is Lecturer in Air Power Studies at King's College London, based at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, UK. During the build-up to the 2003 invasion and for most of the period of the UK's involvement in Iraq, he served as a RAF chaplain. He is regularly invited as a public speaker to give seminars on this subject to military, academic and wider audiences.

Inhalt
Introduction PART I: POLITICS, TRUTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Climate, Science and Truth 2. Politics and Climate Truth 3. One world, two visions PART II: POLITICS, TRUTH AND MILITARY INTERVENTION 4. Tyranny, Freedom, Democracy 5. Gendering Military Intervention 6. Drone Wars PART III: POLITICS, TRUTH AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS 7. It's All Your Fault 8. Governing Greed 9. Who Mentioned the War? 10. Epilogue