Book Detail
Title Architecture and armed conflict : the politics of destruction
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Author(s)
Call No 320 MAN
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Volume
Publisher Name Routledge
Publishing Year 2015
Edition 1st
Pages 219
Price 31.99 GBP
Text Language English
Available Yes, Accessions:[ 103903 ]
Description "Bringing together specialists from a range of relevant fields and drawing on a range of global case studies, this book provides the first synthetic body of research on the complex, multifaceted subject of architectural destruction in the context of conflict. Situated in a strong framework, the book addresses several key questions:How has the targeted destruction of buildings and landscapes been used as a deliberate technique of war, conquest, or armed liberation in recent conflicts? How have in
Keywords war-Architecture; Architecture-Mutilation Defacement; Vandalism-Political Aspects; War Destruction