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Wounding the World How Military Violence and War-Play Invade our Lives

Joanna Bourke

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, and with it comes a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and radio programs. We will hear a great deal about the horror of the battlefield. Bourke acknowledges wider truths: war is unending and violence is deeply en...

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Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

This book is about video gaming and the relationship with the military.

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There was an article in the Atlantic that was, it was actually like about a book from, I think it's Dexter Thomas, Warplay.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 23

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 23

This book is about video gaming and the relationship with the military.

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There was an article in the Atlantic that was, it was actually like about a book from, I think it's Dexter Thomas, Warplay.

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 23

The book talks about video gaming and the relationship with the military, and how the Pentagon avoids expensive efforts to create their own training simulators, while game developers get fat government checks.

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And he said, the Pentagon avoids pitiful, expensive efforts to create their own training simulators and developers get fat government checks.

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