E-Books →Sensory Warfare in the Global Cold War Partition, Propaganda, Covert Operations

The authors highlight the global dimension of sensory warfare, examining battlegrounds around the world and across different phases of the conflict, including "cold" and "hot" warfare―both covert and overt. Case studies highlight the role of taste in Western food deliveries to Eastern Europe; olfaction in Poland, at the Iron Curtain, and in the Vietnam War; sonic warfare in Berlin, in Romania, and at the China-Taiwan "aquatic frontier"; vision in the Maoist Cultural Revolution, Spain, and the Soviet-Afghan war; haptics in the German military; and drugs, pain, and sensory deprivation in intelligence operations in both Hungary and the United States. In its wide-ranging treatment, this volume offers an illuminating new perspective on the Cold War and deepens our understanding of the sensory aspects of current and future conflicts.
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