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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bousquet, Antoine J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : visibility equals death
  • Perspective
  • Sensing
  • Imaging
  • Mapping
  • Hiding
  • Conclusion : a global imperium of targeting.