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BL
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| Record Number
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587962
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b417181
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| Uniform Title
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Guerre et cinéma.English
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| Main Entry
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Virilio, Paul.
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| Title & Author
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War and cinema : : the logistics of perception /\ Paul Virilio ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Verso,, c1989.
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| Page. NO
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vii, 95 p., [32] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0860912140
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: 9780860912149
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: 0860919285 (pbk.)
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: 9780860919285 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Translation of: Guerre et cinéma.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-95).
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| Contents
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Preface to the English edition : The sight machine -- Military force is based upon deception -- Cinema isn't I see, it's I fly -- Abandon all hope, ye who enter the hell of images -- The imposture of immediacy -- The 'Fern Andre' cinema -- Sicut prior est tempore ita quo potior lure -- A travelling shot over eighty years.
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| Abstract
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Looking at how the technologies of cinema and warfare have developed a fatal interdependence, this book explores these conjunctions from a range of perspectives. It gives a detailed technical history of weaponry, photography and cinematography, with accounts of films and military campaigns.
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| Subject
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War films-- History and criticism.
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| LC Classification
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PN1995.9.W3V58 1989
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