Preface: The Black book
Polemics
A little history of photography criticism; or, Why do photography critics hate photography?
Photojournalism and human rights: the calamity of the Kodak
Places
Warsaw, Łódź, Auschwitz: in the waiting room of death
China: from Malraux's dignity to the Red Guards' shame
Sierra Leone: beyond the sorrow and the pity
Abu Ghraib and the jihad: the dance of civilizations
People
Robert Capa: the optimist
James Nachtwey: the catastrophist
Gilles Peress: the skeptic.
The cruel radiance : photography and political violence by Susie Linfield. ISBN 9780226482507. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.