Attacks can backfire on attackers sometimes spectacularly. Examples include - the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police in 1991, the surveillance of Ralph Nader in 1965, and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Through numerous case studies, this work aims to reveal the promising tactics that can make unfair attacks backfire. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494. . 2006. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Backfire: Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0742540855
ISBN 13: 9780742540859
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Attacks can backfire on attackers-sometimes spectacularly. In March 1991, an observer videotaped several Los Angeles police beating Rodney King with their batons. Shown on television, the beating caused enormous damage to the reputation of the police and led to the chief's resignation. This incident and others, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the 1965 surveillance of Ralph Nader, prove that all sorts of attacks can backfire, from torture and massacres to job dismissals and reprisals against whistle-blowers. Through numerous detailed case studies, Justice Ignited presents the first comprehensive treatment of the dynamics of backfire, as it reveals the most promising tactics for causing the backfire of unfair attacks. Understanding backfire-both promoting and inhibiting it-is vitally important for activists and everyone else who wants to be effective in the face of injustice.

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Brian Martin is associate professor in Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of a dozen books and hundreds of articles on peace and war, whistle-blowing, scientific controversies, democracy, and other topics.

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