Cities, War, and Terrorism : Towards an Urban Geopolitics
Cities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period. A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence Draws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studies Provides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the "War on Terrorism", the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battles Offers lay readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanised world
1 online resource (409 pages).
9780470753026, 0470753021
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CITIES, WAR, AND TERRORISM: TOWARDS AN URBAN GEOPOLITICS
Contents
List of Plates
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Series Editors' Preface
Preface
Introduction: Cities, Warfare, and States of Emergency
Part I: Cities, War, and Terrorism in History and Theory
Introduction to Part I
1 Cities as Strategic Sites: Place Annihilation and Urban Geopolitics
2 The City-as-Target, or Perpetuation and Death
3 Shadow Architectures: War, Memories, and Berlin's Futures. 10 Constructing Urbicide by Bulldozer in the Occupied Territories
11 City Streets
The War Zones of Globalization: Democracy and Military Operations on Urban Terrain in the Early Twenty-First Century
12 Continuity and Discontinuity: The Grammar of Urban Military Operations
Part III: Exposed Cities: Urban Impacts of Terrorism and the ''War on Terror''
Introduction to Part III
13 Urban Warfare: A Tour of the Battlefield
14 The ''War on Terrorism'' and Life in Cities after September 11, 2001
15 Recasting the ''Ring of Steel'': Designing Out Terrorism in the City of London? 16 Technology vs. ''Terrorism'': Circuits of City Surveillance Since September 11, 2001
17 Urban Dimensions of the Punishment of Afghanistan by US Bombs
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index. 4 Another Anxious Urbanism: Simulating Defense and Disaster in Cold War America
5 Living (Occasionally Dying) Together in an Urban World
6 Everyday Technics as Extraordinary Threats: Urban Technostructures and Non-Places in Terrorist Actions
Part II: Urbicide and the Urbanization of Warfare
Introduction to Part II
7 New Wars of the City: Relationships of ''Urbicide'' and ''Genocide''
8 Urbicide in Bosnia
9 Strategic Points, Flexible Lines, Tense Surfaces, and Political Volumes: Ariel Sharon and the Geometry of Occupation