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Human Terrain: War Becomes Academic (2010)

Human Terrain: War Becomes Academic poster
Directed by
James Der Derian
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary looks at the US Army's Human Terrain System program. It covers the program's history and the debate around it, and focuses on one academic who took part in it.

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What happens

Human Terrain: War Becomes Academic is a 2010 documentary film about the US Army's Human Terrain System (HTS), written and directed by James Der Derian, David Udris and Michael Udris. The film examines the history of the HTS program, the public controversy surrounding HTS, and the story of the involvement of one academic (Michael V. Bhatia) in the program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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