Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics.(Book review)

From: The Geographical Review | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

CITIES, WAR, AND TERRORISM: Towards an Urban Geopolitics. Edited by STEPHEN GRAHAM. xxiii and 384 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., bibliog., index. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2004. $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 1405115742; $39.95 (paper), ISBN 1405115750.

Geographers and other social scientists tend to neglect the study of war because they see it as an abnormal situation. This is especially true in urban studies. This important book fills this blind spot in our knowledge by demonstrating how urban spaces are presently strategic sites of geopolitical struggle. The cover illustration ...

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