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Outposts : Kandahar Province / Donovan Wylie ; with an afterword by Gerry Badger.

Serving alongside infantry and artillery, military engineers designed a network of outposts throughout Kandahar Province. Built on natural promontories with multiple lines of sight, they formed a protective visual architecture. These images are the latest phase in Wylie's interrogation of the a...

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Main Author: Wylie, Donovan, 1971-
Other Authors: Badger, Gerry
Other title:Kandahar Province.
David H. Tippit Collection.
Format: Book
Language:English
Local Note:Rare Books Collection copy David H. Tippit Collection.
Published: Göttingen, Germany : Steidl / Edition7L, ©2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Wylie, Donovan, 1971- Tower series.
Subjects:
Kandahār (Afghanistan : Province) > Pictorial works.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Pictorial works.
Kandahār (Afghanistan : Province) > History, Military > Pictorial works.
Afghan War (2001-)
Afghanistan > Kandahār (Province)
Military history.
Pictorial works.
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Summary:Serving alongside infantry and artillery, military engineers designed a network of outposts throughout Kandahar Province. Built on natural promontories with multiple lines of sight, they formed a protective visual architecture. These images are the latest phase in Wylie's interrogation of the architecture of modern conflict.
Item Description:Series statement from slipcase and publisher's Web site.
Rare Books Collection copy in slipcase with: Wylie's British watchtowers (b87383779) and North Warning System (b84895366)
" ... photographs of Forward Operating Bases constructed in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011, Canada sent nearly 3,000 military personnel to Afghanistan in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force. Serving alongside infantry and artillery, military engineers designed a network of outposts throughout the province."
"Canadian Forward Operating Bases and Combat Posts, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. FOB Maʹsum Ghar, FOB Sperwan Ghar, FOB Shojah, COP Folad, COP Fataullah, COP Gundy Ghar, COP Old School."
"Looking down upon the cities of the plain--Donovan Wylie's Outposts, by Gerry Badger"--Afterword.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color photograph ; 24 x 30 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783869303215
3869303212
Ownership and Custodial History:Rare Books Collection copy David H. Tippit Collection.

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