Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter.

• Introduction: Grasping Shadows Part I: Partial Revelations1. Show and Tell: Distortion, Accuracy, and WMD 2. Estimating Ignorance3. Disabling Discourses: International Law, Legitimacy, and the Politics of Balance Part II: Dialogues 4. Open Conversations and Public Secrets?: The Banning of Cluster Munitions 5 . Binding Options6. Framing and Framed: The Category of Explosive Violence Conclusion. Pulling Back NotesIndex

'One of our shrewdest commentators on the complicated ways in which we come to believe that wars are right and weapons are good.'

Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter.

• Introduction: Grasping Shadows Part I: Partial Revelations1. Show and Tell: Distortion, Accuracy, and WMD 2. Estimating Ignorance3. Disabling Discourses: International Law, Legitimacy, and the Politics of Balance Part II: Dialogues 4. Open Conversations and Public Secrets?: The Banning of Cluster Munitions 5 . Binding Options6. Framing and Framed: The Category of Explosive Violence Conclusion. Pulling Back NotesIndex

'One of our shrewdest commentators on the complicated ways in which we come to believe that wars are right and weapons are good.'

Brian Rappert is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Affairs in the Department of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Exeter.

• Introduction: Grasping Shadows Part I: Partial Revelations1. Show and Tell: Distortion, Accuracy, and WMD 2. Estimating Ignorance3. Disabling Discourses: International Law, Legitimacy, and the Politics of Balance Part II: Dialogues 4. Open Conversations and Public Secrets?: The Banning of Cluster Munitions 5 . Binding Options6. Framing and Framed: The Category of Explosive Violence Conclusion. Pulling Back NotesIndex

'One of our shrewdest commentators on the complicated ways in which we come to believe that wars are right and weapons are good.'