Grayling, A.C.: Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the...

Perspectives on Political Science;  March 22, 2007 ;     589 words ...Grayling, A. C. Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral...Allied report, was among the dead cities, a phrase that provides...remarkable book Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral...wartime Germany and Japan. Area bombing of cities, and not just...extent and ...

`Among the Dead Cities': WWII `area bombing' comes under philosophical...

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  May 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Carlin Romano ``Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy...C. Grayling's Among the Dead Cities,'' a probing, thoughtful meditation on the area bombing of Germans and Japanese...book reporting aspects of area bombing _ sometimes called saturation...through ...

Looking at both sides of the WW2 bombing debate

The Nelson Mail;  July 5, 2006 ;     352 words ...Among the Dead Cities, by A C Grayling. Allen...necessary function? Was "area bombing'' used to weaken the German...really shines. Among the Dead Cities comes to life in the chapters...discussion of the concept of area bombing as opposed to precision...2. As Grayling says ...

IN THE ASHES OF AN INFERNO, A LINGERING DEBATE

The Boston Globe;  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......natural causes.) In "Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy...bombing of civilians termed "area bombing" and asks whether it was...London. Q. When and why did area bombing become Allied strategy? A...bombing campaign. Q. Did area bombing fulfill the stated ...

Wizard of Ahs; M83's Emo Elixir

The Stranger;  September 16, 2004 ;     634 words ......country. The band's sophomore album, Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Gooom/Mute...like a cement dirigible. Throughout Dead Cities, pathos competes with corniness, and...think Cocteau Twins were too bare bones, Dead Cities will sound heavenly. It's funny to hear...

An immoral victory

The Sunday Herald;  March 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ...AMONG THE DEAD CITIES BY AC GRAYLING (BLOOMSBURY, pounds-...Americans did not adopt British-style "area bombing" until the end of 1944, when they...leads Grayling to conclude that the area bombing of Germany and later Japan was unnecessary...

Dead cities of northern Syria: a journal.

Queen's Quarterly;  June 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......consult about our journey in search of the Dead Cities. Father Fernandez arranges to meet me...delighted to know about my interest in the Dead Cities, and I wonder to myself how infrequently...abandoned them, hence the expression Dead Cities. He points out that collectively they...

Dead Cities: A Natural History

Mother Jones;  November 1, 2002 ;     264 words ...Dead Cities: A Natural History By Mike Davis. The...its downtowns as well-secured malls, Dead Cities forcefully returns our gaze to urban...showdown with Mother Nature. If too many of Dead Cities chapters read as filler-essays on Southern...

Apocalypse Now?(Book Review)

The Nation;  January 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ...DEAD CITIES: and Other Tales. By Mike Davis. New...still more readers for his new book, Dead Cities: And Other Tales. As today's citizens...it begins to seem. Schematically, the Dead Cities text that follows is divided into four...

INTERVIEW: Crazed techno brilliance comes full circle on 'Isness'

University Wire;  November 21, 2002 ;     680 words ......Future Sound of London, that piece was Dead Cities, the 1996 album which contemplated a...better reflected the work along the way, Dead Cities closed out a journey which listeners...entirely unaware of. I think at the end of 'Dead Cities,; as much as I'm very proud of that...

M83; Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts; Black Strobe; Chemical Sweet...

Pittsburgh City Paper;  August 25, 2004 ;     476 words ......originally put out the double album Dead Cities (no relation to Future Sound of London...America," the first two singles off Dead Cities, are nothing less than the second coming...Media. Photograph (CD Cover for M83. Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts)

Urban Legends

The Washington Post;  March 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...DEAD CITIES And Other Tales By Mike Davis New Press...only, leaving out the mix of experience, Dead Cities is a more purely artistic product than...mode of either agreeing or arguing back. Dead Cities is a collection of previously published...

DEAD CITIES AND OTHER TALES

The Next American City;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...DEAD CITIES AND OTHER TALES BY MIKE DAVIS, PUBLISHED...previously published essays entitled Dead Cities, in which he artfully creates a context...disasters, Davis offers few new ideas in Dead Cities. Criticizing America for crass consumerism...

Syria's `Dead Cities' spring to life As population boom sends farmers into...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 30, 1998 ;     609 words ...The "Dead Cities" of Syria are coming alive. And archaeologists...living in the rocky land where the Dead Cities are located. "The judge will say...eerie stretch of land they dubbed the Dead Cities will no longer remain abandoned. "We...

CD REVIEW: M83 busts out 'Before the Dawn Heals Us'

University Wire;  February 7, 2005 ;     505 words ......to their critically acclaimed album "Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts" is a pleasant...It does not surpass the genius of "Dead Cities," but it's a tremendous effort. "Before...is still present and picks up where "Dead Cities" left off. The album kicks off with...