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Extremely loud : sound as a weapon / Juliette Volcler ; translated by Carol Volk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volcler, Juliette.
- Standardized Title:
- Son comme arme. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nonlethal weapons.
- Noise--Physiological effect--Research.
- Noise.
- Sound--Physiological effect--Research.
- Sound.
- Military weapons--Research--History.
- Military weapons.
- Psychological torture.
- Sound--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press, Perseus Distribution, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this disturbing and wide-ranging account, acclaimed journalist Juliette Volcler looks at the long history of efforts by military and police forces to deploy sound against enemies, criminals, and law-abiding citizens. During the 2004 battle over the Iraqi city of Fallujah, U.S. Marines bolted large speakers to the roofs of their Humvees, blasting AC/DC, Eminem, and Metallica songs through the city's narrow streets as part of a targeted psychological operation against militants that has now become standard practice in American military operations in Afghanistan. In the historic center of
- Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX
- Notes:
- "Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Editions La Decouverte, Paris, 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 97815955888835
- 15955888845
- OCLC:
- 833770655
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