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Loud
Sound aS
a Weapon
Juliette
Volcler
extremely
extremely
EXTREMELY LOUD
EXTREMELY LOUD
Sound as a Weapon
JULIETTE VOLCLER
Translated from the French
by Carol Volk
The New Press gratefully acknowledges the Florence Gould Foundation for
supporting the publication of this book.
English translation © 2013 by Carol Volk
All rights reserved.
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Originally published in France as
Le son comme arme
by Éditions
La Découverte, Paris, 2011
Published in the United States by The New Press, New York, 2013
Distributed by Perseus Distribution
All illustrations created by Juliette Volcler.
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publication data
Volcler, Juliette.
[Son comme arme. English]
Extremely loud : sound as a weapon / Juliette Volcler ; translated by Carol Volk.
pages cm
“Originally published in France as Le son comme arme by Editions La
Decouverte, Paris, 2011.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59558-873-9 (hbk : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-59558-888-3
(e-book) 1. Nonlethal weapons. 2. Noise--Physiological effect--Research.
3. Sound--Physiological effect--Research. 4. Military weapons--Research--
History. 5. Psychological torture. 6. Sound--Psychological aspects. I. Volk,
Carol, translator. II. Title.
U795.V6513 2013
623.4--dc23
2012047132
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This book was set in Kozuka Gothic Pro and Janson Text
Printed in the United States of America
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