Research Catalog

Title

From above : war, violence, and verticality / [edited by] Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams.

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors

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

Description

x, 376 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

• "A series of in-depth accounts of 'the view from above' in shaping notions of territory, security and conflict"--
• "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. From Above 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. Chapters examine a range of case studies and examples, from Vietnam and the balloon prospect, camouflage, colonial policing, to today's drone wars. The contributors draw on perspectives from history, international relations, political geography and cultural studies in order to provide a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the view from above. They also consider the view from above in relation to its technologies, legalities, practices, doctrines, and visual culture. Among the contributors are renowned international experts such as Derek Gregory, Trevor Paglen, Caren Kaplan, Klaus Dodds and Priya Satia. The aerial view is a perspective that can no longer be ignored, one that is of growing significance for those interested in geopolitics, militarism and conflict"--

Series Statement

Critical war studies series

Uniform Title

Critical war studies.

Subjects

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Visual Culture and Verticality / Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead and Alison Williams -- SECTION ONE. SCIENCE, MILITARISM AND DISTANCE -- The Balloon Prospect : Aerostatic Observation and the Emergence of Militarised Aeromobility / Caren Kaplan -- Lines of Descent / Derek Gregory -- Aerial Surveying, Geopolitical Competition and the Falkland Islands Dependency Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE 1955/7) / Klaus Dodds and Royal Hollowa -- Networks, Nodes and De-Territorialised Battlespace : The Scopic Regime of Rapid Dominance / Martin Coward -- Photomosaics : Mapping the Front, Mapping the City / Paul K. Saint-Amour -- SECTION TWO. AERIAL AESTHETICS, DISTORTION AND THE VIEW FROM BELOW -- "Concealing the Crude" : Airmindedness and the Camouflaging of Britain's Oil Installations, 1936/9 / James Robinson -- Flying into the Unknown : Cinematic Cultures of War and the Aesthetics of Disappearance / John Armitage -- Project Transparent Earth and the Autoscopy of Aerial Targeting : The Visual Geopolitics of the Underground / Ryan Bishop -- AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky : An Allegory / Trevor Paglen -- SECTION THREE. FROM CLOSE TO REMOTE -- The Pain of Love : The Invention of Aerial Surveillance in British Iraq / Priya Satia -- Targeting Affective Life From Above : Morale and Airpower / Ben Anderson -- Ecologies of the Wayward Drone / Jordan Crandall -- Satellite Images, Security and the Geopolitical Imagination / David Campbell.

Call Number

JFD 14-1407

ISBN

• 9780199334803 (paperback : alkaline paper)
• 0199334803 (paperback : alkaline paper)
• 9780199334797 (hardback : alkaline paper)
• 019933479X (hardback : alkaline paper)
• 1849042993 (Paper)
• 9781849042994 (Paper)
• 1849042985 (Cloth)
• 9781849042987 (Cloth)

LCCN

2013025728

OCLC

837146409

Title

From above : war, violence, and verticality / [edited by] Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, Alison Williams.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical war studies series

Critical war studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Adey, Peter.

Whitehead, Mark, 1975-

Williams, Alison (Alison J.)

Research Call Number

JFD 14-1407