From above : war, violence, and verticality

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Label

From above : war, violence, and verticality

Title remainder

war, violence, and verticality

Statement of responsibility

Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams

Contributor

• Adey, Peter
• Whitehead, Mark, 1975-
• Williams, Alison, (Alison J.)

Editor

• Williams, Alison, (Alison J.)
• Adey, Peter
• Whitehead, Mark, 1975-

Subject

• Air power -- Case studies
• Air warfare -- Case studies
• Geopolitics
• Human territoriality
• Militarism
• National security
• Perspective (Philosophy)
• Violence
• Visual perception -- Political aspects
• War (Philosophy)

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

The arrival of the aerostatic balloon at the end of the nineteenth century ushered in a new perspective on the battlefield, taking over from the mount - the hill at the edge of the field of combat - and the fortified tower positioned within it. Since then there has been no perspective more culpable in war, violence, and security than the aerial one. This book explores the aerial view in new depth and clarity. It draws in vivid detail on studies of the aerial perspective today and on rich empirical investigations of the aerial view from the past

Dewey number

303.66

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized