"Stallabrass shows how photographs have become a vital weapon in the modern war: as propaganda-from close-quarters fighting to the drone's electronic vision-as well as a witness to the barbarity of events such as the My Lai massacre, the violent suppression of insurgent Fallujah or the atrocities in Abu Ghraib"-- Provided by publisher.

The war of images part --Operation Snapshot -- From Vietnam to Iraq -- The triumph of PR -- The enemy and the press -- Photographic acceleration -- Don’t show me that -- The look and speed of war -- Captives on display -- Black sites -- Killing regimes -- Depicting the guilty -- Patterns of killing in Iraq -- Circles of invisibility part v. amateurs -- Instamatic terror -- Photographic citizens -- The iconic image and modern memory -- The fading icon in Iraq -- The great exception -- Fire and forget -- Barbarity and lies -- Repression and resistance.