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1 online resource (x, 376 pages) |
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Critical war studies series |
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Critical war studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Visual Culture and Verticality / Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead and Alison Williams -- SECTION ONE. SCIENCE, MILITARISM AND DISTANCE -- The Balloon Prospect : Aerostatic Observation and the Emergence of Militarised Aeromobility / Caren Kaplan -- Lines of Descent / Derek Gregory -- Aerial Surveying, Geopolitical Competition and the Falkland Islands Dependency Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE 1955/7) / Klaus Dodds and Royal Hollowa -- Networks, Nodes and De-Territorialised Battlespace : The Scopic Regime of Rapid Dominance / Martin Coward -- Photomosaics : Mapping the Front, Mapping the City / Paul K. Saint-Amour -- SECTION TWO. AERIAL AESTHETICS, DISTORTION AND THE VIEW FROM BELOW -- "Concealing the Crude" : Airmindedness and the Camouflaging of Britain's Oil Installations, 1936/9 / James Robinson -- Flying into the Unknown : Cinematic Cultures of War and the Aesthetics of Disappearance / John Armitage -- Project Transparent Earth and the Autoscopy of Aerial Targeting : The Visual Geopolitics of the Underground / Ryan Bishop -- AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky : An Allegory / Trevor Paglen -- SECTION THREE. FROM CLOSE TO REMOTE -- The Pain of Love : The Invention of Aerial Surveillance in British Iraq / Priya Satia -- Targeting Affective Life From Above : Morale and Airpower / Ben Anderson -- Ecologies of the Wayward Drone / Jordan Crandall -- Satellite Images, Security and the Geopolitical Imagination / David Campbell |
| Summary |
"A series of in-depth accounts of 'the view from above' in shaping notions of territory, security and conflict"-- Provided by publisher |
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"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Air warfare -- Case studies
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Air power -- Case studies
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Visual perception -- Political aspects
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Perspective (Philosophy)
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War (Philosophy)
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Militarism.
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Violence.
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Human territoriality.
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National security.
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Geopolitics.
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Violence
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violence.
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territoriality.
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geopolitics.
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HISTORY -- Military -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation.
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Air power
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Air warfare
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Geopolitics
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Human territoriality
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Militarism
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National security
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Perspective (Philosophy)
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Violence
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War (Philosophy)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Adey, Peter, editor.
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Whitehead, Mark, 1975- editor.
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Williams, Alison (Alison J.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199388226 |
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0199388229 |
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