| Lec 1 |
Introduction |
Talbot, David. "How Tech Failed in Iraq." MIT Technology Review. |
| Lab 1 |
Doctor Strangelove |
Screening: Kubrick, Stanley. Doctor Strangelove. |
| Lec 2 |
Fictions of War, Philosophy of War, History of War
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 Orwell, George. 1984. Book One. New York, NY: Signet Classic, pp. 1-104. ISBN: 9780451524935. (Required Book)
Tzu, Sun. Art of War. Translated by Lionel Giles. Sections I-VIII, The Internet Classics Archive.
Thucydides. "Outbreak of War." In History of the Peloponnesian War. Penguin Classics. Book II, pp. 124-193.
Van Creveld, Martin. Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. New York, NY: Free Press, 1989, Chapters 1-3 (pp. 9-50), chapter 5 (pp. 67-78). ISBN: 9780029331514. |
| Lab 2 |
Ran
Air Force |
Screening: Kurosawa. Ran. 1985.
Hawks. Air Force. 1943. |
| Lec 3 |
WWII: Code Wars
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Stephenson, Neal. Cryptonomicon. New York, NY: Avon, 2002, pp. 77-92, 143-183, 215-294, 315-364. ISBN: 9780060512804.
Singh, Simon. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1999, Chapters 3-6 (pp. 101-292). ISBN: 9780385495318.
Van Creveld, Martin. Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. New York, NY: Free Press, 1989, Chapters 16-18 (pp. 235-283).. ISBN: 9780029331514.
Hardt, Michael, and Antonio Negri. Multitude. New York, NY: The Penguin Press, pp. 12-62, notes: pp. 361-369. |
| Lab 3 |
Akira
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Screening: Katsuhiro 'tomo. Akira.
Arquilla, John, and David Ronfeldt. "Cyberwar is Coming!" pp. 24-50.
Weiguang, Shen. "Information War - A New Challenge." pp. 84-95.
Kittler, Friedrich. "On the History of the Theory of Information Warfare." pp. 266-272.
From: Infowar, Ars Electronica Center (Springer Wien/New York). |
| Lab 4 |
Rumsfeld's War |
Screening: Frontline: Rumsfeld's War. PBS, 2004. |
| Lec 5 |
The New War Machines
Guest Speaker: Owen Cote, Associate Director of Security Studies at MIT |
Cote, Owen. "The New War Machines." MIT Technology Review (March 21, 2003). |
| Lab 5 |
Eternal War Research Topics: Discussion of Final Papers and Projects
Control Room |
Screening: Noujaim, Jehane. Control Room. 2004. |
| Lec 6 |
History of War Technologies/War Games
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DeLanda, Manuel. War in the Age of Intelligent Machines. New York, NY: Zone Books. ISBN: 9780942299755. (Required Book)
Van Creveld, Martin. Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. New York, NY: Free Press, 1989, Chapters 1-3 (pp. 9-50), chapter 5 (pp. 67-78), chapters 12-13 (pp. 167-199). ISBN: 9780029331514. |
| Lab 6 |
War Games
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Screening: Badham, John. War Games.
Secrets of War: Spy Games of World War II. 1998.
America's Army (Web Game)
Patriot Act (Web)
War Against Terror (Web)
Interview Hyperlink: Democracy Now. Thursday, February 12, 2004. |
| Lec 7 |
First-Person Shooters
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Haldeman, Joe. The Forever War. Eos.
Herr, Michael. "Hell Sucks." In Dispatches. Reprint edition. New York, NY: Avon, 1978, pp. 70-85. ISBN: 9780380019762.
Tesanovic, Jasmina. The Diary of a Political Idiot: Normal Life in Belgrade. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 2000, pp. 71-112. ISBN: 9781573441148.
Wright, Evan. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War. New York, NY: Putnam, 2004, Chapters 7-11, pp. 71-123. ISBN: 9780399151934. |
| Lab 7 |
The Fog of War |
Screening: Morris, Erol. The Fog of War. |
| Lec 8 |
Virtuous War
Guest Speaker: James der Derian |
der Derian, James. Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industiral-Media-Entertainment Network. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001, pp. 22-249. ISBN: 9780813397948.
Silberman, Steve. "The War Room." Wired (September 2004): 150-155, 171-173.
Virilio, Paul, and Sylvere Lotringer. Pure War. Semiotext(e) Foreign Agent Series. Chapters 1-3, pp. 9-36. |
| Lab 8 |
Virtual War
After 9/11
Wag the Dog |
Levinson, Barry. Wag the Dog.
Screening: der Derian. After 9/11. |
| Lec 9 |
Man Machines: Race and War
Guest Speakers: Director Reggie Hudlin and Comic Artist Kyle Baker, Birth of a Nation Comic Book Project |
Truth Series. Marvel Comics.
Adas, Michael. Machines as the Measure of Men. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. 343-401.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel. New York, NY: Norton, 1999, chapter 13, pp. 239-264. ISBN: 9780393317558. |
| Lab 9 |
Birth of a Nation and Hearts of the World |
Screening: Griffith, D. W. Birth of a Nation and Hearts of the World. 1918. |
| Lec 10 |
21 Century War: The War in Iraq and the Branding of Terrorism |
Sante, Luc. "Tourists and Torturers." New York Times, May 11, 2004.
Hiro, Dilip. War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and the Global Response. New York, NY: Routledge.
"The Rise of Islam," pp. 3-24.
"Islamist Terrorism and Global Response." pp. 267-434.
Agamben, Giorgio. "We Refugees."
Black, Edwin. Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, chapters 13-17, pp. 211-352. ISBN: 9780471671862.
Van Creveld, Martin. Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. Chapters 19-Conclusion, pp. 285-320.
Michael, John. "Beyond Us and Them: Identity and Terror from an Arab American's Perspective." The South Atlantic Quarterly 102, no. 4 (Fall 2003): 701-728. |
| Lab 10 |
Battle of Algiers |
Screening: Battle of Algiers. |
| Lec 11 |
Project Presentations |
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| Lab 11 |
Project Presentations (cont.) |
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| Lec 12 |
Project Presentations (cont.) |
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| Lab 12 |
Project Presentations (cont.) |
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