Contents
1. The Complicity of Psychology in the Security State David Harper
2. British Psychology’s Response to the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Ron Roberts
3. The War on Terror: The road from Belmarsh to Guantánamo Bay Ian Robbins
4. Torture, Psychology and the ‘War on Terror’: A human rights framework Nimisha Patel
5. The Psychology of Anti-War Activism: 1. The British anti-war movement John Sloboda and Brian Doherty
6. The Psychology of Anti-War Activism: 2. Building an enduring anti-war movement John Sloboda and Brian Doherty
7. Relational Psychology in the War Speeches of Bush and Blair: Beyond ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Steve Potter and Julie Lloyd
8. Power, Illusion and Control: Families, states and conflict Ron Roberts
9. Children and War: Making sense of Iraq Ron Roberts, Majda Becirevic and Harriet Tenenbaum
10. Sleepwalking into Totalitarianism: Democracy, Centre Politics and Terror Ron Roberts
11. Deconstructing Terrorism: Politics, Language and Social Representation Chris Hewer and Wendy Taylor
12. A Psychology for Peace? John Sloboda, Ron Roberts and David Harper
Ron Roberts, Ph.D, C.Psychol is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Kingston University and an Associate Lecturer for the Open University. He has held previous posts at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of Westminster, King’s College Medical School, University College London, St Bartholomew’s Medical School, Queen Mary College and the Tavistock Institute. This is his third book.