Postmodern War: The New Politics of Conflict - Brossura

Gray, Chris Hables

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ISBN 10: 1572301767 ISBN 13: 9781572301764

Casa editrice: Guilford Pubn, 1998

Riassunto

From Operation Desert Storm to the conflict in Bosnia, computerization and other scientific advances have brought about a revolution in warfare. This book shows how our high-tech age has spawned both increasingly powerful weapons and a rhetoric that disguises their apocalyptic potential in catch phrases like "smart weapons," "cyberwar," and "bloodless combat." A skillful combination of trenchant cultural study, provocative illustrations, and engrossing military, technical, and historical analysis,Postmodern War sheds new light on the ways we conceptualize and conduct war today.

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Chris Hables Gray, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies of Science and Technology and of Computer Science at the University of Great Falls in Montana. He has been a fellow at the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities, a NASA History Fellow, and an Eisenhower Fellow at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, and has worked extensively as a consultant and writer in the computer industry.

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• Editore: Guilford Pubn
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1572301767
• ISBN 13: 9781572301764
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 314