It seems Alexis found this week's thematic question a bit too 'obvious', so we've decided to complicate things with a slightly embellished version:

"Was the Gulf War the first 'tv', 'video', 'network', 'postmodern', 'new', 'cinematic', 'cyber-', 'anti-',and/or 'post-war'? Did it even take place? Discuss, in five pages or less, with reference to Doug Kellner, Bruce Cummings, Arthur Cebrowski, Chris Hables Gray, Mary Kaldor, the Tofflers, Timothy Lukes, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, and/or James Der Derian"

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