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I believe that the politics of intervention and the Kosovo war prompted a fresh resumption of the arms race worldwide.

Paul Virilio

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Paul Virilio
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 4
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
Architect
Art Theorist
Exhibition Curator
Painter
Philosopher
Photographer
Sociologist
Urban Planner
Writer
Paris
France
Intervention
Fresh
Arms
Politics
Race
War
Resumption
Believe
Prompted
Worldwide

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