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Light It Up: The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq
John Pettegrew
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Description for Light It Up: The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq
Hardback. An essential study for readers interested in modern warfare, policy makers, and historians of technology, war, and visual and military culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11, 7 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line dr. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWS5; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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, which played a critical part in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, John Pettegrew argues that U.S. military force in the Iraq War was ... Read more
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, which played a critical part in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, John Pettegrew argues that U.S. military force in the Iraq War was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417851
SKU
V9781421417851
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About 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.
Reviews for Light It Up: The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq
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