Militarized Landscapes From Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain

The black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the Gulf War of 1990-91 directed media and public attention towards war's devastating environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshapes rural landscapes and envir...

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Main Author Chris Pearson, Peter Coates, Tim Cole, Chris Pearson, Peter Coates, Tim Cole
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bloomsbury Publishing 2010
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Bloomsbury
Edition1
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HISTORY
Military geography
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Summary:The black smoke billowing from burning oil wells during the Gulf War of 1990-91 directed media and public attention towards war's devastating environmental impact. Yet even before the first bomb is dropped, preparation for warfare materially and imaginatively reshapes rural landscapes and environments. This volume is the first to explore the comparative histories and geographies of militarized landscapes. Moving beyond the narrow definition of militarized landscapes as theatres of war, it treats them as simultaneously material and cultural sites that have been partially or fully mobilized to achieve military aims. Ranging from the Korean DMZ to nuclear testing sites in the American West, and from Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain, Militarized Landscapes focuses on these often secretive, hidden, dangerous and invariably controversial sites that occupy huge swathes of national territories.
ISBN:1441125604
9781441125606
9781441117021
1441117024