Speed and Politics: An Essay on DromologyWith this book Paul Virilio inaugurated the new science whose object of study is the "dromocratic" revolution. |
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If Napoleon judged an army's strength in mechanical terms , Maurice de Saxe , one of the first on the European continent , understood that violence can be reduced to nothing but movement : “ I am not in favor of battle , ” he states .
If Napoleon judged an army's strength in mechanical terms , Maurice de Saxe , one of the first on the European continent , understood that violence can be reduced to nothing but movement : “ I am not in favor of battle , ” he states .
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Little by little , the elegant battle plans and orders of attack give way to new considerations : consumption of grenades by trench yard , production programs , balance and evaluation of supplies during an attack in 1917 , for example ...
Little by little , the elegant battle plans and orders of attack give way to new considerations : consumption of grenades by trench yard , production programs , balance and evaluation of supplies during an attack in 1917 , for example ...
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The rush of Assault - mobiles prolongs the mad rush of auto - taxis leaving the Parisian pavement in 1914 and heading for the Marne , “ the last romantic battle , in which the archaic part of the war came to an end ” ( Jean de Pierrefeu ) ...
The rush of Assault - mobiles prolongs the mad rush of auto - taxis leaving the Parisian pavement in 1914 and heading for the Marne , “ the last romantic battle , in which the archaic part of the war came to an end ” ( Jean de Pierrefeu ) ...
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From Space Right to State Right | 37 |
Practical War | 50 |
Unable Bodies | 61 |
Copyright | |
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