What We Don't Talk About in "Spec Ops The Line"

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Sources:
“Race, Gender, and Genre in Spec Ops: The Line” by Soraya Murray: https://online.ucpress.edu/fq/article...
“War Bytes: The Critique of Militainment in Spec Ops: The Line” by Matthew Thomas Payne: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
“The Use of White Phosphorus Munitions by U.S. Military Forces in Iraq” by David Fidler: https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/...
U.S. Department of State on the use of White Phosphorus in Fallujah: https://web.archive.org/web/200601040...
“The Fight for Fallujah” in Field Artillery Magazine by Cobb, LaCour, and Hight: https://web.archive.org/web/200601040...
“Pentagon Reverses Position and Admits U.S. Troops Used White Phosphorus Against Iraqis in Fallujah” by Democracy Now (featuring quotes by Lt. Col. Venable and George Monbiot): https://www.democracynow.org/2005/11/...
“U.S. used white phosphorus in Iraq,” BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_eas...
Rain of Fire by Human Rights Watch (Documentary):    • Rain of Fire: Israel's Unlawful Use o...  
Rain of Fire: Israel’s Unlawful Use of White Phosphorus in Gaza by Human Rights Watch (Report): https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/03/25...
The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law by Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/11/09...

Media shown: Spec Ops: The Line, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Apocalypse Now, stock footage from Getty Images and Reuters Archive

Music Used (Chronologically): The Looters, The Lost Battalion, The Pit, Burning Courtyard (all from Spec Ops: The Line), Multiplayer Menu (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), Afterlife (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare), Do I Look Okay To You, GP04, Human Cost (all from Spec Ops: The Line), Embassy (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019), The Lab (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019), Burning Courtyard (Spec Ops: The Line), Max: NJ (Max Payne 3), Dead (Max Payne 3), Mellifera (They Dream By Day), The Caves of Mercury (Kilian Flowers)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound
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