Interview with Dr Peter Busch / Understanding Atrocity in the Sierra Leone Civil War

Summary: This week, our first segment is with Dr Peter Busch, Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, and also the creator of the War Studies Podcast. Peter will be leaving will be on sabbatical leave from the Department this year, and Xenia Zubova spoke to him to find out his research plans for the coming year. Our second segment is with Dr Kieran Mitton, also from the Department of War Studies. Kieran spoke to Bradley Murray about his new book 'Rebels in a Rotten State: Understanding Atrocity in the Sierra Leone Civil War’, and among other things discussed his fieldwork in the country, the thematic overview of the book, and the impact of focusing on atrocity in the conflict. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. Presented by Bradley Murray, and Xenia Zubova, both students in the Department of War Studies. The two publications Dr Peter Busch mention are below: ‘Terrorism and the Intuitive Journalistic Narrative’, Defence Review (Hungary), Volume 143, special issue 2015: http://bit.ly/1VlX2Qm ‘The “Vietnam Legion”: West German Psychological Warfare against East German Propaganda in the 1960s, Journal of Cold War Studies (Harvard), Vol 16, No. 3, 2014: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/cws/summary/v016/16.3.busch.html Dr Kieran Mitton’s book is available at http://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/understanding-atrocity-in-the-sierra-leone-civil-war/ and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebels-Rotten-State-Understanding-Atrocity/dp/1849044236 DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.