Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics Hardback - 2004 - 1st Edition
by Stephen Graham
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- Title Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics
- Author Stephen Graham
- Binding Hardback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 412
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date 2004-12-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9781405115742
- ISBN 9781405115742 / 1405115742
- Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.36 x 1.41 in (23.42 x 16.15 x 3.58 cm)
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004004244
- Dewey Decimal Code 307.76
Summary
Cities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period.A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence. Draws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studies. Provides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the "War on Terrorism", the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battles. Offers lay readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanised world.
First line
Arguably, humankind has expended almost as much energy, effort, and thought on the attempted annihilation and killing of cities as it has on their planning, construction, and growth (Berman, 1996).
From the rear cover
Cities, War, and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism, and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post-Cold War period. The book brings together new writing by the world's leading analysts of urban space and military and terrorist violence from the fields of geography, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations, and military studies. Arguing that urban spaces are now the critical, strategic sites of geopolitical struggle, the contributors combine cutting-edge theoretical reflections with path-breaking empirical case studies. They provide up-to-date analyses of a range of specific urban sites, including those involved in the Cold War, the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the 9/11 attacks, the "War on Terror" attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, and urban anti-globalization battles.
Taken as a whole, the book offers both specialist and non-specialist readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanized world.
