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Desert Screen: War at the Speed of Light

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Desert Screen: War at the Speed of Light
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Virilio
SeriesContinuum Impacts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:168
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreAsian and Middle Eastern history
Vietnam war
ISBN/Barcode 9780826479341
ClassificationsDewey:956.70442
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 1 March 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Desert Screen is a vision of future war, in which Paul Virilio identifies the Gulf War as a turning-point in history, the last industrial and the first information war. Virilio argues that we live in a world of global spatio-temporal collapse, a world still exhausted from the geopolitics of the Cold War, a world in which the politics of military and media technology seem to preclude the possibility of negotiation and diplomacy. Virilio's original and far-reaching analysis is vital for an understanding of the current Middle East crisis. Translated by Michael Degener

Author Biography

Paul Virilio is one of our foremost cultural critics. Architect and urban planner and former director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris, he has written widely on film, architecture, art, war and technology. Julie Rose is a freelance translator and winner of the PEN Medallion for Translation. Paul Virilio is Director of the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture in Paris and author of over 15 books, including Art and Fear and Desert Screen.

Reviews

"'one of the most original thinkers of our time'. Liberation; 'Virilio writes on the edge of physics, philosophy, politics and urbanism'. New Statesman"