States of War since 9/11

This multidisciplinary edited volume explores how the spread of the 'War on Terror' has entwined matters of state sovereignty and states of war into mutually-affecting relations.

Alex Houen is a University Senior Lecturer in English Literature, and a Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is author of Powers of Possibility: Experimental American Writing since the 1960s (2011) and Terrorism and Modern Literature, from Joseph Conrad to Ciaran Carson (2002).

Introduction: States at War and Modes of War since 9/11, Alex Houen PART ONE 1. Afghanistan, Pakistan and the War on Terror, Paul Rogers 2. Russia's War on Terror: Nationalism, Islam and Chechenization, Emma Gilligan 3. Female Militancy and the Wars on Terror: Revisiting Feminist Interventions from South Asia, Neloufer de Mel 4. The Inevitable War on Terror: De-terrorising the Palestinians, Ilan Pappé 5. A Tale of Two Insurgencies: Oil, Authority and the Spectre of Terror in Nigeria, Michael J. Watts 6. From Terror War to Liberal Humanitarian Wars: The Case of the NATO Libyan Intervention, Douglas Kellner 7. Reincarnating Al Qaeda: the Global War on Terror and the 'Arab Spring', Jeremy H. Keenan PART TWO 8. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Thinking in New Ways about Just War, Cian O'Driscoll 9. Fighting States of Subjection: The Biopolitical Stakes of the Liberal War on Terror, Julian Reid 10. Recombinant Resilience and the Temptations of Global Interdiction, Martin Coward 11. States of Urban War: Understanding the New Military Urbanism, Stephen Graham 12. War and the Contingency of Citizenship, Vivienne Jabri