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From above : war, violence, and verticality / [edited by] Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams

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  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • From above : war, violence, and verticality / [edited by] Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams
A pour autre édition sur un support différent
  • From above war, violence, and verticality [edited by] Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams First edition. New York, NY Oxford University Press 2013 1 online resource (x, 376 pages.) Critical war studies series 978-0-19-938822-6
Autre(s) responsabilité(s)
Publication
  • Oxford New York Auckland [etc.] : Oxford University Press
Date de copyright
  • C 2013
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (X-376 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Collection
  • Critical war studies series
ISBN
  • 978-0-19-933480-3
  • 0-19-933480-3
  • 978-0-19-933479-7
  • 0-19-933479-X
  • 1-8490-4299-3
  • 978-1-8490-4299-4
  • 1-8490-4298-5
  • 978-1-8490-4298-7
EAN
  • 9780199334803 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Critical war studies series London C. Hurst & Co Ltd. 2009
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 358.414
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • "The arrival of the aerostatic balloon at the end of the nineteenth century ushered in a new perspective on the battlefield, taking over from the mount--the hill at the edge of the field of combat--and the fortified tower positioned within it. Since then there has been no perspective more culpable in war, violence and security than the aerial one. From Above explores the aerial view in new depth and clarity. It draws in vivid detail on studies of the aerial perspective today and on rich empirical investigations of the aerial view from the past. Chapters examine a range of case studies and examples, from Vietnam and the balloon prospect, camouflage, colonial policing, to today's drone wars. The contributors draw on perspectives from history, international relations, political geography and cultural studies in order to provide a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the view from above. They also consider the view from above in relation to its technologies, legalities, practices, doctrines, and visual culture. Among the contributors are renowned international experts such as Derek Gregory, Trevor Paglen, Caren Kaplan, Klaus Dodds and Priya Satia. The aerial view is a perspective that can no longer be ignored, one that is of growing significance for those interested in geopolitics, militarism and conflict."
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