| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: "we don't yet know what a sonic body can do" -- "Ears don't have lids": technical aspects of hearing -- The death ray: infrasounds and low frequencies -- "Hit by a wall of air": explosions -- "Totally cut off from the known": silence and saturation -- "Hell's bells": medium-frequency ultrasounds -- "No matter what your purpose is, you must leave": the sound of power -- Conclusion: "a passionate sound gesture." |
| 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 |
| Notes |
"Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Editions La Decouverte, Paris, 2011." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nonlethal weapons.
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Noise -- Physiological effect -- Research
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Sound -- Physiological effect -- Research
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Military weapons -- Research -- History
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Psychological torture.
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Sound -- Psychological aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Military weapons -- Research
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Nonlethal weapons
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Psychological torture
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Sound -- Psychological aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Volk, Carol, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781595588883 |
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1595588884 |
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9781595588739 |
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1595588736 |
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