| The Gulf War Did Not Take Place Contributor(s): Baudrillard, Jean (Author), Patton, Paul (Translator) |
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ISBN: 090995223X ISBN-13: 9780909952235 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - History | Military - Persian Gulf War (1991) - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 956.704 |
| LCCN: 2014469069 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 87 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Comprised of three essays written by Baudrillard in the lead-up to, during, and after the military clash in the Gulf in 1992, this book is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the unfolding drama using the author's well-known concepts of simulation and the hyperreal. Paul Patton's introduction surveying the debate aroused by the conflict argues that Baudrillard, more than any other critic of the events, correctly identified the political stakes involved in the gestation of the New World Order. |