Desert screen : war at the speed of light / Paul Virilio ; translated by Michael Degener.
This text chronicles the Gulf War in terms of the reflections of an attentive telespectator. Virilio discerns a global spatial-temporal collapse following the Cold War, and identifies the Gulf War as an historical turning point.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
[2002]
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| Series: | Athlone contemporary European thinkers.
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| Summary: | This text chronicles the Gulf War in terms of the reflections of an attentive telespectator. Virilio discerns a global spatial-temporal collapse following the Cold War, and identifies the Gulf War as an historical turning point. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 148 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0826458211 9780826458216 082645822X 9780826458223 |