Desert screen : war at the speed of light / Paul Virilio ; translated by Michael Degener.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Athlone contemporary European thinkersPublisher: London ; New York : Continuum, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xvi, 148 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0826458211
- 9780826458216
- 082645822X
- 9780826458223
- Ecran du désert. English
- 956.70442 21
- DS79.739 .V5713 2002
Contents:
Summary: This text chronicles the Gulf War in terms of the reflections of an attentive telespectator. Virilio discerns a global spatial-temporal collapse following the Cold War, and identifies the Gulf War as an historical turning point.
Preface / James Der Derian -- I. Foreword -- II. August 1990: Desert Shield -- III. January 1991: Desert Storm -- IV. June 1991: Desert Screen -- V. Virilio Looks Back and Sees the Future: Interview by James Der Derian (2000).
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 956.70442 VIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A409032B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / James Der Derian -- I. Foreword -- II. August 1990: Desert Shield -- III. January 1991: Desert Storm -- IV. June 1991: Desert Screen -- V. Virilio Looks Back and Sees the Future: Interview by James Der Derian (2000).
This text chronicles the Gulf War in terms of the reflections of an attentive telespectator. Virilio discerns a global spatial-temporal collapse following the Cold War, and identifies the Gulf War as an historical turning point.
Translated from the French, Ecran du désert.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
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