{"product_id":"light-it-up-john-pettegrew-9781421417851","title":"Light It Up: The Marine Eye for Battle in the War for Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the U.S. Marines' visual culture of combat in the Iraq War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican military power in the War on Terror has increasingly depended on the capacity to see the enemy. The act of seeing--enhanced by electronic and digital technologies--has separated shooter from target, eliminating risk of bodily harm to the remote warrior, while YouTube videos eroticize pulling the trigger and video games blur the line between simulated play and fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight It Up\u003c\/i\u003e examines the visual culture of the early twenty-first century military. Focusing on the Marine Corps, which played a critical part in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, John Pettegrew argues that U.S. military force in the Iraq War was projected through an \"optics of combat.\" Powerful military technology developed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has placed war in a new posthuman era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePettegrew's interviews with marines, as well as his analysis of first-person shooter videogames and combat footage, lead to startling insights into the militarization of popular digital culture. An essential study for readers interested in modern warfare, policy makers, and historians of technology, war, and visual and military culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pettegrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421417855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421417851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"John Pettegrew","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748346441983,"sku":"9781421417851","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/light-it-up-john-pettegrew-9781421417851","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}