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Second World War British Military Camouflage

By Isla Forsyth

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Second World War British Military Camouflage

By Isla Forsyth

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Second World War British Military Camouflage offers an original approach to the cultures and geographies of military conflict, through a study of the history of camouflage. Isla Forsyth narrates the scientific biography of Dr Hugh Cott (1900-1987), eminent zoologist and artist turned camoufleur, and entwines this with the lives of other camouflage practitioners, to trace the sites of camouflage's developments. Moving through the scientists' fieldsite, the committee boardroom, the military training site and the soldiers' battlefield, this book uncovers the history of this ambiguous military invention, and subverts a long-dominant narrative of camouflage as solely a protective technology. This study demonstrates that, as camouflage transformed battlefields into unsettling theatres of war, there were lasting consequences not only for military technology and knowledge, but also for the ethics of battle and the individuals enrolled in this process.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
238
Release Date:
2017-03-09
Publication Date:
2017-03-09
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1474222609
ISBN13:
9781474222600
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
526 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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