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Author:   David Grondin (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780415523684

ISBN 10:   0415523680
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   21 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction. The Other Spaces of War: War beyond the Battlefield in the War on Terror David Grondin 2. Liberal Lawfare and Biopolitics: US Juridical Warfare in the War on Terror John Morrissey 3. ""A Day in the Life"": A Tomogram of Global Governmentality in Relation to the ""War on Terror"" on November 20th, 2003 Miguel de Larrinaga 4. Los Alamos as Laboratory for Domestic Security Measures: Nuclear Age Battlefield Transformations and the Ongoing Permutations of Security Jeffrey Bussolini 5. The Geographical Imaginations of Video Games: Diplomacy, Civilization, America’s Army and Grand Theft Auto IV Mark Salter 6. ‘Theatres of War’: Visual Technologies and Identities in the Iraq Wars Benjamin Muller and John Measor 8. ""Those About to Die Salute You"": Sacrifice, the War in Iraq and the Crisis of the American Imperial Society Florian Olsen 9. Grieving Dead Soldiers, Disavowing Loss: Cindy Sheehan and the Im/possibility of the American Antiwar Movement Tina Managhan"

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"""The work represents some serious scholarship. The various selections provide both information and insight."" - Sheldon G. Levy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in e-International Relations, September 2012"

The work represents some serious scholarship. The various selections provide both information and insight. - Sheldon G. Levy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in e-International Relations, September 2012

Author Information

David Grondin is assistant professor at the School of Political Studies of the University of Ottawa, Canada. His current research deals with the US preparation of and for the future of war and draws on the crucial links between sci-fi and cinema in imagining the transformation of war.

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