{"product_id":"light-it-up-9781421417851","title":"Light It Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential study for readers interested in modern warfare, policy makers, and historians of technology, war, and visual and military culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how [video game] technologies have affected the training and actual fighting of U.S. marines... Pettegrew's book is filled with interesting and thought-provoking material. Foreign Affairs This book does two things: it addresses a worthwhile subject, and it makes us think. Journal of America's Military Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Force Projection and the Marine Eye for Battle\u003cbr\u003e1. Shock and Awe and Air Power\u003cbr\u003eNetwork-Centric Warfare, Sensors, and Total Situational Awareness\u003cbr\u003eAchieving Rapid Dominance in Iraq\u003cbr\u003eKill Boxes, LITENING Pods, and the Third Marine Aircraft Wing\u003cbr\u003e\"Keep Your Eyes Out,\" Fair Fighting, and Memories of Killing\u003cbr\u003e2. Of War Porn and Pleasure in Killing\u003cbr\u003ePornography Is the Theory, and Killing the Practice\u003cbr\u003eClassic Hollywood Combat Films\u003cbr\u003eMarine Moto on YouTube\u003cbr\u003eThe Iraq War on Television\u003cbr\u003e3. Fallujah, First to Fight, and Ludology\u003cbr\u003eEnder's Game and the Rise of Simulation in Military Training, 1995–2005\u003cbr\u003eFrom Combat Films to Video Games\u003cbr\u003eThe Value Added to Military Training\u003cbr\u003eFighting in the Digitized Streets of Beirut\u003cbr\u003e4. Counterinsurgency and \"Turning Off the Killing Switch\"\u003cbr\u003eEmpathy, General Mattis, and the Profound Paradox of Marine Humanitarianism\u003cbr\u003eHaditha, Acute Stress, and the Excesses of Occupying Force\u003cbr\u003eUSMC Literary Culture and Warrior Ethos\u003cbr\u003e\"Which Way Would You Run?\"\u003cbr\u003e5. Posthuman Warfighting\u003cbr\u003eMarines in Science Fiction and in Space\u003cbr\u003eThe Postmasculinist Marines and New Optics of Combat\u003cbr\u003eThe Gladiator Robot and the Critique of Remote Warfare\u003cbr\u003e6. Synthetic Visions of War\u003cbr\u003eBiopolitics and the Costs of War\u003cbr\u003eDigital Culture and the Computational Marine\u003cbr\u003eSubjectivity Lives and Dies\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Primary Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408117014871,"sku":"9781421417851","price":27.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421417851.jpg?v=1730501647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/light-it-up-9781421417851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}