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The Eye of War : Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone /

"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 combatan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bousquet, Antoine J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : visibility equals death -- Perspective -- Sensing -- Imaging -- Mapping -- Hiding -- Conclusion : a global imperium of targeting. 
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