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The Gulf War Did Not Take Place (Paperback)

by Jean Baudrillard (Author), Paul Patton (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 90 pages
  • Publisher: Power Institute of Fine Arts (30 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 090995223X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0909952235
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Comprised of three essays written by Baudrillard in the lead-up to, during and after the military clash in the Gulf in 1992, this book is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the unfolding drama using the author's well concepts of simulation and the hyperreal.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pack some reality sandwiches, please Mum!, 17 Feb 2000
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This book is very funny in places, even though it has a serious aim. The introduction claims that the author has expressed a wish for it to be read as science fiction: but this is science fiction as social reality. Baudrillard seems to have sat at home watching the Gulf war on TV and jotted down his observations. Many of the facts he comes out with are startling: more US troops would have been killed during the time of the war if they'd stayed at home; CNN reporters in the Gulf would watch CNN to find out what was happening; CNN was used by the military to transmit misinformation as they knew that the Iraqis were watching. These details are probably available elsewhere; Baudrillard's aim is really to expose the fallacious nature of the society we all live in, and show how the US and Iraq (and of course the UK) all colluded to produce a lovely big advert for weapons and give Saddam a bit of a boost. Baudrillard asks the question: if Saddam lost a war with the West, why is he more powerful than before?
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