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The Eye of War
Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone
Taschenbuch von Antoine Bousquet
Sprache: Englisch

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"This project explores how technologies of perception -- the ability to detect and to avoid detection -- have transformed modern warfare. The book spans from the Renaissance, where the rationalization of vision and space started to influence military strategy, to the present day, where combatants increasingly face off in the perceptual realm of drones and satellites as much the physical battlefield. Each chapter explores a different perceptual theme: sensing, imaging, mapping and hiding"--
"This project explores how technologies of perception -- the ability to detect and to avoid detection -- have transformed modern warfare. The book spans from the Renaissance, where the rationalization of vision and space started to influence military strategy, to the present day, where combatants increasingly face off in the perceptual realm of drones and satellites as much the physical battlefield. Each chapter explores a different perceptual theme: sensing, imaging, mapping and hiding"--
Über den Autor

Antoine Bousquet is reader in international relations at Birkbeck, University of London. He is author of The Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Visibility Equals Death
1. Perspective
2. Sensing
3. Imaging
4. Mapping
5. Hiding
Conclusion: A Global Imperium of Targeting
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781517903473
ISBN-10: 1517903475
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bousquet, Antoine
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Maße: 216 x 139 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Antoine Bousquet
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2018
Gewicht: 0,301 kg
Artikel-ID: 113583006
Über den Autor

Antoine Bousquet is reader in international relations at Birkbeck, University of London. He is author of The Scientific Way of Warfare: Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Visibility Equals Death
1. Perspective
2. Sensing
3. Imaging
4. Mapping
5. Hiding
Conclusion: A Global Imperium of Targeting
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781517903473
ISBN-10: 1517903475
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bousquet, Antoine
Hersteller: University of Minnesota Press
Maße: 216 x 139 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Antoine Bousquet
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2018
Gewicht: 0,301 kg
Artikel-ID: 113583006
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