Written with his characteristic flair, Virillo's latest book is a
trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully
unites theory with a riveting study of the conflict. Tearing aside
the veil of hypocrisy in which the USA and its allies wrapped the
war, Virillo demonstrates that the nature of the bombing was set by
strategic rather than ethical considerations.
Beneath the humanitarian rhetoric, Virillo sees a sinister
innovation in the methods of waging war: territorial space is being
replaced by orbital space in which a system of global
telesurveillance is linked to the destructive power of bombers and
missiles. Governments, the military and the media are becoming part
of a seamless and self-justifying process linked by new information
and arms technologies.
Passionate and political, "Strategy of Deception" is a vital
examination not only of the war in Yugoslavia but also what Virillo
calls our "fin-de-siecle infantilization" in which the reality of
battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen.
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