The Fear of Child Sexuality: Young People, Sex, and Agency, by Steven Angelides Joanna Bourke is impressed by a bold attempt to shed light on one of the last taboos By Joanna Bourke 22 August
States of Terror: History, Theory, Literature, by David Simpson Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror By Joanna Bourke 30 May
Torture, by Donatella Di Cesare Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke By Joanna Bourke 20 September
Empire of Sentiment: The Death of Livingstone and the Myth of Victorian Imperialism, by Joanna Lewis Book of the week: Joanna Bourke on a study of the ‘maelstrom of radical feeling’ that was the British Empire By Joanna Bourke 22 March
From Byron to bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers, by Nir Arielli Joanna Bourke muses over the motivations of those who leave home to fight in conflicts abroad. Are they terrorists or principled idealists? By Joanna Bourke 11 January
Agonistic Mourning: Political Dissidence and the Women in Black, by Athena Athanasiou Joanna Bourke on a powerful meditation on the politics of mourning focusing on the Women in Black of Belgrade By Joanna Bourke 10 August
A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond, by Emily Mayhew Book of the week: Joanna Bourke on the gruelling truths faced by injured soldiers, and their carers and families By Joanna Bourke 29 June
A Body, Undone: Living On After Great Pain, by Christina Crosby Joanna Bourke on a memoir focusing on secrets, grief and desire following a life-changing accident By Joanna Bourke 5 May
