Killing for show : photography, war, and the media in Vietnam and Iraq /

"Stallabrass shows how photographs have become a vital weapon in the modern war: as propaganda-from close-quarters fighting to the drone's electronic vision-as well as a witness to the barbarity of events such as the My Lai massacre, the violent suppression of insurgent Fallujah or the atr...

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Main Author: Stallabrass, Julian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
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Summary:"Stallabrass shows how photographs have become a vital weapon in the modern war: as propaganda-from close-quarters fighting to the drone's electronic vision-as well as a witness to the barbarity of events such as the My Lai massacre, the violent suppression of insurgent Fallujah or the atrocities in Abu Ghraib"--
Physical Description:xxv, 325 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538141809
1538141809