This book is concerned with how these qualities of nature, money, and image affect popular portrayals and perceptions of nature, and vice versa. If we accept that nature is produced and reproduced through ongoing processes of abstrac-tion and action, then it matters a great deal that nature is pervasively repre-sented in the form of dramatic panoramas. Nature as panorama is familia…
Political leaders face two key challenges when they decide to use mili-tary force: winning the war itself, and winning support at home. In the past two decades, the United States has pursued a technological solution to these problems by developing combat drones—weapons that can both selectively target opponents and minimize the costs and risks of combat. In this book, …