The Gulf War Did Not Take Place

The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
ISBN-10
0253210038
ISBN-13
9780253210036
Category
History
Pages
100
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Author
Jean Baudrillard

Description

In a provocative analysis written during the unfolding drama of 1992, Baudrillard draws on his concepts of simulation and the hyperreal to argue that the Gulf War did not take place but was a carefully scripted media event -- a "virtual" war. Patton's introduction argues that Baudrillard, more than any other critic of the Gulf War, correctly identified the stakes involved in the gestation of the New World Order.

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