Michael F. Cairo
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136721
- eISBN:
- 9780813141275
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136721.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
Despite the appearance of familiar faces in both Bush administrations, significant differences existed between the foreign policies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. The Gulf refers to these ...
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Despite the appearance of familiar faces in both Bush administrations, significant differences existed between the foreign policies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. The Gulf refers to these differences and argues that they can be explained by the personal beliefs and styles of each George Bush. Describing George H.W. Bush as an “enlightened” realist and George W. Bush as a “cowboy” liberal, the book begins by exploring the life experiences that contributed to each president’s belief system. Comparing and contrasting each president throughout, it focuses on each administration’s policy in the Middle East, with specific attention given to the Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Madrid Peace Conference, and the Road Map for peace. The book suggests that presidents rarely fit into a realist or liberal model and combines the two approaches to explain presidential worldviews. George H.W. Bush’s emphasis on defensive rather than offensive strategies, and international organizations rather than the power of democracy to foster peace and stability, combine to create an “enlightened” realist worldview. George W. Bush’s emphasis on offensive strategies and the power of democracy to foster peace and stability combine to create the “cowboy” liberal worldview. The book concludes by offering general and specific lessons illuminated by the cases. Suggesting that the study is more than an isolated comparison of the Bushes, the book offers examples of the importance of understanding presidential leadership styles and worldviews.Less
Despite the appearance of familiar faces in both Bush administrations, significant differences existed between the foreign policies of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. The Gulf refers to these differences and argues that they can be explained by the personal beliefs and styles of each George Bush. Describing George H.W. Bush as an “enlightened” realist and George W. Bush as a “cowboy” liberal, the book begins by exploring the life experiences that contributed to each president’s belief system. Comparing and contrasting each president throughout, it focuses on each administration’s policy in the Middle East, with specific attention given to the Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Madrid Peace Conference, and the Road Map for peace. The book suggests that presidents rarely fit into a realist or liberal model and combines the two approaches to explain presidential worldviews. George H.W. Bush’s emphasis on defensive rather than offensive strategies, and international organizations rather than the power of democracy to foster peace and stability, combine to create an “enlightened” realist worldview. George W. Bush’s emphasis on offensive strategies and the power of democracy to foster peace and stability combine to create the “cowboy” liberal worldview. The book concludes by offering general and specific lessons illuminated by the cases. Suggesting that the study is more than an isolated comparison of the Bushes, the book offers examples of the importance of understanding presidential leadership styles and worldviews.
Michael F. Cairo
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136721
- eISBN:
- 9780813141275
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136721.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
Continuing from the previous chapter, this chapter examines George H.W. Bush’s and George W. Bush’s decisions related to the course and conclusion of the Persian Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
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Continuing from the previous chapter, this chapter examines George H.W. Bush’s and George W. Bush’s decisions related to the course and conclusion of the Persian Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. It begins by focusing on George H.W. Bush’s decision to launch Operation Desert Storm. Discussing the challenges posed by possible Israeli retaliation and Soviet diplomacy, the chapter illustrates George H.W. Bush’s skilful use of diplomacy. Next, the chapter turns to Operation Iraqi Freedom and George W. Bush. Emphasizing the challenges posed by events in Iraq, the chapter demonstrates the “cowboy” liberal approach of George W. Bush. The chapter ends by comparing George H.W. Bush’s decision to stop short of Baghdad with George W. Bush’s decision to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime. Throughout, the chapter emphasizes the role of each president’s worldview in contributing to these decisions and policies.Less
Continuing from the previous chapter, this chapter examines George H.W. Bush’s and George W. Bush’s decisions related to the course and conclusion of the Persian Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. It begins by focusing on George H.W. Bush’s decision to launch Operation Desert Storm. Discussing the challenges posed by possible Israeli retaliation and Soviet diplomacy, the chapter illustrates George H.W. Bush’s skilful use of diplomacy. Next, the chapter turns to Operation Iraqi Freedom and George W. Bush. Emphasizing the challenges posed by events in Iraq, the chapter demonstrates the “cowboy” liberal approach of George W. Bush. The chapter ends by comparing George H.W. Bush’s decision to stop short of Baghdad with George W. Bush’s decision to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime. Throughout, the chapter emphasizes the role of each president’s worldview in contributing to these decisions and policies.
Pesach Malovany IDF (Ret.), Amatzia Baram, Kevin M. Woods, and Ronna Englesberg
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813169439
- eISBN:
- 9780813169514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813169439.003.0042
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003 - Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes its background, Saddam’s view on ...
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This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003 - Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes its background, Saddam’s view on the situation, the Coalition forces versus the Iraqi Armed Forces on the eve of the war, and the Iraqi planning for the war and the deployment of their forces. It describes also the Iraqi preparations for the war—in the logistics, in case of a prolonged war, fighting the Coalition forces inside the cities, and the political and military division of the command of Iraq among Saddam’s deputies and loyal supporters. It also deals with the possibility of using chemical weapons against the Coalition forces on their way to Baghdad.Less
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003 - Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes its background, Saddam’s view on the situation, the Coalition forces versus the Iraqi Armed Forces on the eve of the war, and the Iraqi planning for the war and the deployment of their forces. It describes also the Iraqi preparations for the war—in the logistics, in case of a prolonged war, fighting the Coalition forces inside the cities, and the political and military division of the command of Iraq among Saddam’s deputies and loyal supporters. It also deals with the possibility of using chemical weapons against the Coalition forces on their way to Baghdad.
Pesach Malovany IDF (Ret.), Amatzia Baram, Kevin M. Woods, and Ronna Englesberg
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813169439
- eISBN:
- 9780813169514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813169439.003.0043
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the course of the war until the ...
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This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the course of the war until the conquest of Baghdad (20 March–13 April, 2003), starting with the aerial attack called “Shock and Awe”. It continues to describe the Coalition’s air attacks all over Iraq and their effect, the ground campaign in southern Iraq (20-24 March) and the different battles waged by the Coalition forces. It describes the conduct of the war by the Iraqis at this stage, the crucial battle in the Najaf-Karbala area (25 March-3 April), their belief in the coming threat from the direction of Jordan, as well as the crucial meeting of the Iraqi senior commanders with Qusay and the fatal decision taken by him.Less
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the course of the war until the conquest of Baghdad (20 March–13 April, 2003), starting with the aerial attack called “Shock and Awe”. It continues to describe the Coalition’s air attacks all over Iraq and their effect, the ground campaign in southern Iraq (20-24 March) and the different battles waged by the Coalition forces. It describes the conduct of the war by the Iraqis at this stage, the crucial battle in the Najaf-Karbala area (25 March-3 April), their belief in the coming threat from the direction of Jordan, as well as the crucial meeting of the Iraqi senior commanders with Qusay and the fatal decision taken by him.
Timothy H. Parsons
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199931156
- eISBN:
- 9780190254698
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199931156.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, World Early Modern History
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the actual experience of imperial rule in seven empires. It suggests that imperial rule always meant denigration and exploitation and ...
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This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the actual experience of imperial rule in seven empires. It suggests that imperial rule always meant denigration and exploitation and that the fundamental reality of empires is that they are unsustainable because their subjects find them intolerable. It also comments on the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the design of Operation Iraqi Freedom by advocates of hard power, and the similarity of the Iraqi Freedom with the informal imperial tactics that earlier American administrations had used to replace uncooperative regimes in Central America.Less
This concluding chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the actual experience of imperial rule in seven empires. It suggests that imperial rule always meant denigration and exploitation and that the fundamental reality of empires is that they are unsustainable because their subjects find them intolerable. It also comments on the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the design of Operation Iraqi Freedom by advocates of hard power, and the similarity of the Iraqi Freedom with the informal imperial tactics that earlier American administrations had used to replace uncooperative regimes in Central America.
Pesach Malovany IDF (Ret.), Amatzia Baram, Kevin M. Woods, and Ronna Englesberg
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813169439
- eISBN:
- 9780813169514
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813169439.003.0044
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the battle for Baghdad and the last ...
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This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the battle for Baghdad and the last days of the Iraqi regime (3-9 April). It describes also the fighting in south Iraq and in the northern part of it and the final collapse of the Iraqi Army. It also deals with Saddam’s role in this war and his responsibility for the Iraqi defeat, the causes of Iraq’s defeat and the defects in preparing for the war and conducting it by the Iraqis.Less
This chapter deals with the last war between Iraq and the Coalition forces in 2003—Operation “Iraqi Freedom”, called by the Iraqis the "Decisive War. It describes the battle for Baghdad and the last days of the Iraqi regime (3-9 April). It describes also the fighting in south Iraq and in the northern part of it and the final collapse of the Iraqi Army. It also deals with Saddam’s role in this war and his responsibility for the Iraqi defeat, the causes of Iraq’s defeat and the defects in preparing for the war and conducting it by the Iraqis.
Pesach Malovany
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813169439
- eISBN:
- 9780813169514
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813169439.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This book describes the history of the Iraqi Army from its establishment in 1921 until its collapse in 2003 in the war against the Coalition Forces, the core of which was a highly intensive 24-year ...
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This book describes the history of the Iraqi Army from its establishment in 1921 until its collapse in 2003 in the war against the Coalition Forces, the core of which was a highly intensive 24-year period under the leadership of Saddam Hussein.
It analyzes the development and activities of this army, and focuses on the major wars in which it participated during Saddam’s regime: the prolonged war against Iran (1980-1988) and the two wars against the Coalition Forces led by the United States (1991 and 2003), as well as the wars against Israel and the Kurds in earlier periods.
The book is based mostly on Iraqi sources—Newspapers and other media means, books and documents, and presents all this mostly from the Iraqi perspective.
Its major innovation lies in its presenting this topic to the reader—including all the elements of the construction of the Iraqi fighting force, its war strategies, its functioning on all levels (strategic, operative and tactical), its forces and branches, its command and many other subjects—in a comprehensive, detailed manner,.
My experience in dealing with military issues in the Middle East during my long service with the Israeli Military Intelligence helped me very much in dealing with this huge Army, and to understand its concepts, its historical roots and the way it was conducting its war, The Wars of Modern Babylon.Less
This book describes the history of the Iraqi Army from its establishment in 1921 until its collapse in 2003 in the war against the Coalition Forces, the core of which was a highly intensive 24-year period under the leadership of Saddam Hussein.
It analyzes the development and activities of this army, and focuses on the major wars in which it participated during Saddam’s regime: the prolonged war against Iran (1980-1988) and the two wars against the Coalition Forces led by the United States (1991 and 2003), as well as the wars against Israel and the Kurds in earlier periods.
The book is based mostly on Iraqi sources—Newspapers and other media means, books and documents, and presents all this mostly from the Iraqi perspective.
Its major innovation lies in its presenting this topic to the reader—including all the elements of the construction of the Iraqi fighting force, its war strategies, its functioning on all levels (strategic, operative and tactical), its forces and branches, its command and many other subjects—in a comprehensive, detailed manner,.
My experience in dealing with military issues in the Middle East during my long service with the Israeli Military Intelligence helped me very much in dealing with this huge Army, and to understand its concepts, its historical roots and the way it was conducting its war, The Wars of Modern Babylon.
Aaron Rapport
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801453588
- eISBN:
- 9780801455643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801453588.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Security Studies
This chapter examines the Bush administration's planning of Phase IV—noncombat operations—of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Those ultimately ...
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This chapter examines the Bush administration's planning of Phase IV—noncombat operations—of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Those ultimately responsible for the invasion of Iraq made many errors in judgment, errors which were reflected in the planning process for Phase IV. A focus on humanitarian issues, coupled with optimistic assumptions about political conditions in Iraq and the necessary length of military occupation, left soldiers unable to perform key tasks once the initial combat phase was complete. Instead of maintaining the flow of forces into the theater of operations to enhance coalition and civilian security, principals in the United States stopped troop deployments and undermined a military command whose postwar structure and responsibilities were already unclear.Less
This chapter examines the Bush administration's planning of Phase IV—noncombat operations—of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Those ultimately responsible for the invasion of Iraq made many errors in judgment, errors which were reflected in the planning process for Phase IV. A focus on humanitarian issues, coupled with optimistic assumptions about political conditions in Iraq and the necessary length of military occupation, left soldiers unable to perform key tasks once the initial combat phase was complete. Instead of maintaining the flow of forces into the theater of operations to enhance coalition and civilian security, principals in the United States stopped troop deployments and undermined a military command whose postwar structure and responsibilities were already unclear.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.003.0009
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter interrogates the interrelationships between sound and violence, arguing that they can be productively imagined as essentially commingled terms, each manifest within the other as constant ...
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This chapter interrogates the interrelationships between sound and violence, arguing that they can be productively imagined as essentially commingled terms, each manifest within the other as constant potentiality and structural analogue. The chapter focuses on a number of instances in which combatants on both sides deployed or forcibly curtailed sound, and examined the consequences these acts of sounding and silencing produced. A consideration of the sonic dimension of warfare highlights how violence erodes several dimensions of culture, compelling us to re-examine the conventional terminology of violence, and in particular to reconfigure the concept of victim to include not just those who fall in the path of a bullet but rather all who are negatively affected by the pansensorial experience of combat.Less
This chapter interrogates the interrelationships between sound and violence, arguing that they can be productively imagined as essentially commingled terms, each manifest within the other as constant potentiality and structural analogue. The chapter focuses on a number of instances in which combatants on both sides deployed or forcibly curtailed sound, and examined the consequences these acts of sounding and silencing produced. A consideration of the sonic dimension of warfare highlights how violence erodes several dimensions of culture, compelling us to re-examine the conventional terminology of violence, and in particular to reconfigure the concept of victim to include not just those who fall in the path of a bullet but rather all who are negatively affected by the pansensorial experience of combat.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.003.0012
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter examines the history of the militarization of the iPod portable media player during the first six years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with American ...
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This chapter examines the history of the militarization of the iPod portable media player during the first six years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with American military service members and Iraq War veterans, the chapter documents how iPods and the music they contained were used to smooth and hasten the passage of time, tether service members to their civilian lives back home, memorialize the deaths of fallen comrades, “pump up” troops for combat, maintain their focus on missions, and calm them down at the end of the day. The chapter also illuminates the degree to which the iPod evolved into a thoroughly militarized prosthetic technology—one deployed in the service of media consumption, one-way translation, interrogation, crowd dispersal, intelligence gathering, “winning hearts and minds,” and even precision shooting in the field.Less
This chapter examines the history of the militarization of the iPod portable media player during the first six years of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with American military service members and Iraq War veterans, the chapter documents how iPods and the music they contained were used to smooth and hasten the passage of time, tether service members to their civilian lives back home, memorialize the deaths of fallen comrades, “pump up” troops for combat, maintain their focus on missions, and calm them down at the end of the day. The chapter also illuminates the degree to which the iPod evolved into a thoroughly militarized prosthetic technology—one deployed in the service of media consumption, one-way translation, interrogation, crowd dispersal, intelligence gathering, “winning hearts and minds,” and even precision shooting in the field.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.003.0015
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter bears witness to the shocking breadth of violent incidents directed toward music and musicians over the course of the war, and the ways in which the threat of violence was used to push ...
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This chapter bears witness to the shocking breadth of violent incidents directed toward music and musicians over the course of the war, and the ways in which the threat of violence was used to push music out of the civilian public sphere. In looking at the range of violent and aggressive acts that were directed toward musicians, music listeners, and sounds coded as “music” during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the chapter submits that in a shocking number of cases, musicians and musical practices ended up performing the role not of agent but of victim: they were recipients of acts of violence, aggression, and silencing that were directed specifically toward music qua music. The frequency and intensity of these violent acts severely degraded music’s capacity to serve as a force for reconciliation during the war.Less
This chapter bears witness to the shocking breadth of violent incidents directed toward music and musicians over the course of the war, and the ways in which the threat of violence was used to push music out of the civilian public sphere. In looking at the range of violent and aggressive acts that were directed toward musicians, music listeners, and sounds coded as “music” during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the chapter submits that in a shocking number of cases, musicians and musical practices ended up performing the role not of agent but of victim: they were recipients of acts of violence, aggression, and silencing that were directed specifically toward music qua music. The frequency and intensity of these violent acts severely degraded music’s capacity to serve as a force for reconciliation during the war.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This book studies the centrality of listening to the experience of modern warfare. Based on years of ethnographic interviews with US military service members and Iraqi civilians, as well as on direct ...
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This book studies the centrality of listening to the experience of modern warfare. Based on years of ethnographic interviews with US military service members and Iraqi civilians, as well as on direct observations of wartime Iraq, the book reveals how these populations learned to extract valuable information from the ambient soundscape while struggling with the deleterious effects that it produced in their ears, throughout their bodies, and in their psyches. The book examines the dual-edged nature of sound—its potency as a source of information and a source of trauma—within a sophisticated conceptual frame that highlights the affective power of sound and the vulnerability and agency of individual auditors. By theorizing violence through the prism of sound and sound through the prism of violence, the book provides a productive new vantage point for examining these strangely conjoined phenomena. Two chapters dedicated to wartime music in Iraqi and US military contexts show how music was both an important instrument of the military campaign and the victim of a multitude of violent acts throughout the war.Less
This book studies the centrality of listening to the experience of modern warfare. Based on years of ethnographic interviews with US military service members and Iraqi civilians, as well as on direct observations of wartime Iraq, the book reveals how these populations learned to extract valuable information from the ambient soundscape while struggling with the deleterious effects that it produced in their ears, throughout their bodies, and in their psyches. The book examines the dual-edged nature of sound—its potency as a source of information and a source of trauma—within a sophisticated conceptual frame that highlights the affective power of sound and the vulnerability and agency of individual auditors. By theorizing violence through the prism of sound and sound through the prism of violence, the book provides a productive new vantage point for examining these strangely conjoined phenomena. Two chapters dedicated to wartime music in Iraqi and US military contexts show how music was both an important instrument of the military campaign and the victim of a multitude of violent acts throughout the war.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.003.0010
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter discusses the spatial impact of belliphonic sounds, and the extent to which open and enclosed spaces can shape and be shaped by the sounds that pass through them. Sounds territorialize ...
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This chapter discusses the spatial impact of belliphonic sounds, and the extent to which open and enclosed spaces can shape and be shaped by the sounds that pass through them. Sounds territorialize space, and belliphonic sounds territorialize space violently. In wartime Iraq, acoustic territories ranged in size from the vast outdoor spaces where the sounds of explosions resonated to the delicate fluid-filled enclosures within the body that vibrated in concert with belliphonic sounds. These territories, particularly the fleshy ones inside the body, proved to be highly vulnerable to the sonic forces that invaded them in Iraq, as sensory excess was amplified in wartime, a fact that makes human resilience in the face of belliphonic violence all the more remarkable.Less
This chapter discusses the spatial impact of belliphonic sounds, and the extent to which open and enclosed spaces can shape and be shaped by the sounds that pass through them. Sounds territorialize space, and belliphonic sounds territorialize space violently. In wartime Iraq, acoustic territories ranged in size from the vast outdoor spaces where the sounds of explosions resonated to the delicate fluid-filled enclosures within the body that vibrated in concert with belliphonic sounds. These territories, particularly the fleshy ones inside the body, proved to be highly vulnerable to the sonic forces that invaded them in Iraq, as sensory excess was amplified in wartime, a fact that makes human resilience in the face of belliphonic violence all the more remarkable.
J. Martin Daughtry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199361496
- eISBN:
- 9780199361533
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199361496.003.0004
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This chapter considers the importance of location and proximity in mapping the sounds of war. In examining the importance of location to the perceived salience and character of weapon sounds, the ...
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This chapter considers the importance of location and proximity in mapping the sounds of war. In examining the importance of location to the perceived salience and character of weapon sounds, the chapter lays out a schema of four separate zones of audition in wartime Iraq, and offers a description of how these zones are configured by service members’ experiences. Iraqi civilian listening practices involve a slight reconfiguration of these zones, which is described at the end of the chapter. Audition and inaudition (the quasi-conscious failure to register audible sounds) are equally performative. They are also, equally, learned capacities that are constantly being honed. When their object is violence, they are activities of great consequence; both have an impact on the tactical, ethical, political, and aesthetic fields of possibility within which (in)auditors are enmeshed.Less
This chapter considers the importance of location and proximity in mapping the sounds of war. In examining the importance of location to the perceived salience and character of weapon sounds, the chapter lays out a schema of four separate zones of audition in wartime Iraq, and offers a description of how these zones are configured by service members’ experiences. Iraqi civilian listening practices involve a slight reconfiguration of these zones, which is described at the end of the chapter. Audition and inaudition (the quasi-conscious failure to register audible sounds) are equally performative. They are also, equally, learned capacities that are constantly being honed. When their object is violence, they are activities of great consequence; both have an impact on the tactical, ethical, political, and aesthetic fields of possibility within which (in)auditors are enmeshed.
