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.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctv6hp332
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : visibility equals death
  • Perspective
  • Sensing
  • Imaging
  • Mapping
  • Hiding
  • Conclusion : a global imperium of targeting.