{"product_id":"extremely-loud-juliette-volcler-9781595588739","title":"Extremely Loud: Sound as a Weapon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Everything you ever suspected or feared about music as a weapon, sound as torture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisturbingly illuminating in the possible ramifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this troubling 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, US 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 Brussels, nausea-inducing sound waves are unleashed to prevent teenagers from lingering after hours. High-decibel, \"nonlethal\" sonic weapons have become the tools of choice for crowd control at major political demonstrations from Gaza to Wall Street and as a form of torture at Guantanamo and elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an insidious merger of music, technology, and political repression, loud sound has emerged in the last decade as an unlikely mechanism for intimidating individuals as well as controlling large groups. \"Thorough and well researched,\" \u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud\u003c\/i\u003e documents and interrogates this little-known modern phenomenon, exposing it as a sinister threat to the peace and quiet that societies have traditionally craved (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud\u003c\/i\u003e makes you shiver, or cover your ears, at the technological buildup now at the service of the most sophisticated forms of repression.\" --\u003ci\u003eLib ration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juliette Volcler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595588736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595588739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2013","brand":"Juliette Volcler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634556432639,"sku":"9781595588739","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_172dcb79-ac83-4bf9-b02b-a11d7c7a06ab.jpg?v=1703589875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extremely-loud-juliette-volcler-9781595588739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}