Indefensible space : the architecture of the national insecurity state
Title:
Indefensible space : the architecture of the national insecurity state
Author:
Sorkin, Michael, 1948-
ISBN:
9780415953689
9780415953672
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Publication Information:
New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2007.
Physical Description:
p. cm.
Contents:
Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empire's new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Re-stating the obvious -- Threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- New emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- Short history of the car bomb.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007009500.html