Light It Up
The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq
$87.27
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2015
Summary
American military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing-enhanced by electronic and digital technologies-has separated shooter from target, eliminating risk of bodily harm to the remote warrior, while YouTube videos eroticize pulling the trigger and video games blur the line between simulated play and fighting. Light It Up examines the visual culture of the early twenty-first century military. Focusing on the Marine Corps, whic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421417851 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421417855 |
| Author: | John Pettegrew |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
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This book does two things: it addresses a worthwhile subject, and it makes us think.
Examines how [video game] technologies have affected the training and actual fighting of U.S. marines… Pettegrew’s book is filled with interesting and thought-provoking material. Foreign Affairs This book does two things: it addresses a worthwhile subject, and it makes us think. Journal of America’s Military Past
About The Author
John Pettegrew
John Pettegrew, an associate professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Lehigh University, is the author of Brutes in Suits: Male Sensibility in America, 1890-1920.
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