1st Edition
The New Spatiality of Security Operational Uncertainty and the US Military in Iraq
By Caroline M. Croser
Copyright 2011
184 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides a rigorous critical analysis of how the US military operates in Iraq, exploring the spatial practices of violence.
Contemporary critical analyses of the United States’ involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan emphasise the hegemonic nature of the US military experience, while conventional military analyses focus on fixed categories such as ‘counter-insurgency’ or... Read more
Introduction 1. The Spatial Operation of Violence Interlude: The (not-so-)Distant Roar of Battle 2. A Praxiography of the Battlespace 3. CPOF and the battlespace multiple 4. Addressing Multiplicity in the Event-ful City 5. From Multiplicity to Presence in Baghdad 6. The Mobile Possibility of the ‘Unit-in-CPOF’ Conclusion
Biography
Caroline M. Croser is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where she teaches defence studies.
