Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Editors’ Preface vii
4. Introduction: The Wars of Friedrich Kittler 1
5. Part I: Guns, Germans, and Steel: The Hardware(s) of War
6. 1 Free Ways 53
7. 2 A Short History of the Searchlight 62
8. 3 Fragments of a History of Firearms 69
9. 4 Tanks 73
10. Part II: Wires, Waves, and Wagner
11. 5 Noises of War 79
12. 6 Playback: A World War History of Radio Drama 91 91
13. 7 Operation Valhalla 110
14. 8 When the Blitzkrieg Raged 117
15. Part III: Vanishing Animals and Returning Nomads
16. 9 Animals of War: A Historical Bestiary 123
17. 10 On Modern Warfare: A Conversation with Alexander Kluge 127
18. 11 Of States and Their Terrorists 136
19. Part IV: Love and War
20. 12 Manners of Death in War 151
21. 13 Ottilie Hauptmann 166
22. Part V: Pynchon’s War
23. 14 On a Novel That Would Not Only Be Fiction 193
24. 15 De Nostalgia 198
25. 16 Media and Drugs in Pynchon’s Second World War 211
26. Part VI: Kittler on Kittler
27. 17 Biogeography 227
28. 18 Theology 233
29. Notes 235
30. Bibliography 273
31. Index 287
32. Credits 295