Description: Strategy Of Deception by Paul Virilio. Paperback edition published by Verso in 2007 (re-issue). A trenchant critique of new techniques of waging war, and its reduction to images on a screen Written with his characteristic flair, Virilio's book is a trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully unites theory with a riveting study of the conflict. Tearing aside the veil of hypocrisy in which the USA and its allies wrapped the war, Virilio demonstrates that the nature of the bombing was set by strategic rather than ethical considerations. Beneath the humanitarian rhetoric, Virilio sees a sinister innovation in the methods of waging war: territorial space is being replaced by orbital space in which a system of global telesurveillance is linked to the destructive power of bombers and missiles. Governments, the military and the media are becoming part of a seamless and self-justifying process linked by new information and arms technologies. Passionate and political, Strategy of Deception is a vital examination not only of the war in Yugoslavia but also what Virilio calls our "fin-de-siecle infantilization" in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen. Excellent condition, appears unread. Pages are bright, clean and tightly bound. Thanks for looking. If you decide to buy, please complete checkout for payment instructions.
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Series: Radical Thinkers
Item Height: 192mm
Item Width: 139mm
Author: Paul Virilio
Publication Name: Strategy of Deception
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Subject: Government, History
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 115g
Number of Pages: 120 Pages
