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This is a welcome contribution to the study of the communicative aims of insurgents, war studies, media studies, communication and advertising, and Bolt's comprehensive body of research and extensive supporting references offer an enriched source of material for the reader and student interested in the subject. The Violent Image is an interesting, informative text that will make readers question how they mediate and narrativise acts of terror in relation to the propaganda of the deed. --Times Higher Education Supplement Bolt is right that images matter in insurgency. The Violent Image is a serious attempt to understand how terrorist propaganda functions in the digital age. --The National (Dubai) Bolt's book merits high praise for its exceptional scholarship. The author has rigorously examined a complicated, nuanced topic. His research is illuminating and thoughtful, and he offers fine insights. The Violent Image is an outstanding contribution to the literature on how parties use violence for political ends, and the strategic implications of such action. --James P. Farwell, Survival Combining contemporary analyses of political violence, technology and communications/marketing, the book persuasively argues that the 19th-century 'propaganda of the deed' has taken a new and visceral turn as insurgent groups struggle with states over memory and meaning. -- Anthropology Review Database A lucid, deep, and highly informative analysis of the evolution of political violence. Highly recommended. -- Choice: current reviews for academic libraries

This is a welcome contribution to the study of the communicative aims of insurgents, war studies, media studies, communication and advertising, and Bolt's comprehensive body of research and extensive supporting references offer an enriched source of material for the reader and student interested in the subject. The Violent Image is an interesting, informative text that will make readers question how they mediate and narrativise acts of terror in relation to the propaganda of the deed.--Times Higher Education Supplement Bolt is right that images matter in insurgency. The Violent Image is a serious attempt to understand how terrorist propaganda functions in the digital age.--The National (Dubai) Bolt's book merits high praise for its exceptional scholarship. The author has rigorously examined a complicated, nuanced topic. His research is illuminating and thoughtful, and he offers fine insights. The Violent Image is an outstanding contribution to the literature on how parties use violence for political ends, and the strategic implications of such action. --James P. Farwell, Survival Combining contemporary analyses of political violence, technology and communications/marketing, the book persuasively argues that the 19th-century 'propaganda of the deed' has taken a new and visceral turn as insurgent groups struggle with states over memory and meaning. -- Anthropology Review Database A lucid, deep, and highly informative analysis of the evolution of political violence. Highly recommended. -- Choice: current reviews for academic libraries

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Neville Bolt, PhD, holds degrees from the University of Oxford and King's College, London. He has worked as a producer-director with the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and CBC Canada, specialising in making investigative documentaries in conflict zones ranging from Central America to Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. He has also worked in political communications, creating strategic TV campaigns for the UK's Labour Party, Amnesty International, the Anti-Apartheid Movement and African National Congress (ANC). He is a Teaching Fellow and Research Associate in the Department of War Studies at King's College, University of London.

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