TY  - BOOK
AU  - Graham,Stephen
TI  - Cities under siege: the new military urbanism 
SN  - 9781844677627 (pbk.) :
AV  - HT151 .G66 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Urban warfare
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Military policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.War Re-enters the City -- 2.Manichaean Worlds -- 3.The New Military Urbanism -- 4.Ubiquitous Borders -- 5.Robowar Dreams -- 6.Theme Park Archipelago -- 7.Lessons in Urbicide -- 8.Switching Cities Off -- 9.Car Wars -- 10.Countergeographies
N2  - CITY & TOWN PLANNING - ARCHITECTURAL ASPECTS. Cities are the new battleground of our increasingly urban world. From the slums of the global South to the wealthy financial centers of the West, Cities Under Siege traces the spread of political violence through the sites, spaces, infrastructure and symbols of the worlds rapidly expanding metropolitan areas.Drawing on a wealth of original research, Stephen Graham shows how Western militaries and security forces now perceive all urban terrain as a conflict zone inhabited by lurking shadow enemies. Urban inhabitants have become targets that need to be continually tracked, scanned and controlled. Graham examines the transformation of Western armies into high-tech urban counter-insurgency forces. He looks at the militarization and surveillance of international borders, the use of security concerns to suppress democratic dissent, and the enacting of legislation to suspend civilian law
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