Light It Up: The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq

by John Pettegrew

Examines the U.S. Marines' visual culture of combat in the Iraq War.

American military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing--enhanced by electronic and digital technologies--has separated shooter from target, eliminating risk of bodily harm to the remote warrior, while YouTube videos eroticize pulling the trigger and video games blur the line between simulated play...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421417855
• ISBN13: 9781421417851
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher