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008 121126s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012047132
020 $a9781595588739 (hardback)
020 $a1595588736 (hardback)
020 $a9781595588883 (ebook)
020 $a1595588884 (ebook)
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100 1 $aVolcler, Juliette,$eauthor.
240 10 $aSon comme arme.$lEnglish
245 10 $aExtremely loud :$bsound as a weapon /$cJuliette Volcler ; translated from the French by Carol Volk.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe New Press,$c2013.
300 $ax, 198 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Éditions La Découverte, Paris, 2011"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-185) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: "We don't yet know what a sonic body can do" -- "Ears don't have lids": technical aspects of hearing -- The death ray: infrasounds and low frequencies -- "Hit by a wall of air": explosions -- "Totally cut off from the known": silence and saturation -- "Hell's bells": medium-frequency sounds -- "No matter what your purpose is, you must leave": the sound of power -- Conclusion: "a passionate sound gesture."
520 $aThere is a long history of efforts by military and police forces to deploy sound against enemies, criminals, and citizens. During a 2004 battle in Fallujah, U.S. Marines bolted large speakers to the roofs of their Humvees, blasting AC/DC, Eminem, and Metallica songs. High-decibel, "nonlethal" sonic weapons have become the tools of choice for crowd control at political demonstrations. Volcler documents and interrogates this sinister threat to the "peace and quiet" that societies have traditionally craved.
650 0 $aNonlethal weapons.
650 0 $aNoise$xPhysiological effect$xResearch.
650 0 $aSound$xPhysiological effect$xResearch.
650 0 $aMilitary weapons$xResearch$xHistory.
650 0 $aPsychological torture.
650 0 $aSound$xPsychological aspects.
700 1 $aVolk, Carol,$etranslator.
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