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Drone: Remote Control Warfare

Drone: Remote Control Warfare

Gusterson, Hugh

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 026253441X
ISBN13: 9780262534413
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Sep 15 2017
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Drone warfare described from the perspectives of drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, international law, military thinkers, and others.

[A] thoughtful examination of the dilemmas this new weapon poses.
--Foreign Affairs

Drones are changing the conduct of war. Deployed at presidential discretion, they can be used in regular war zones or to kill people in such countries as Yemen and Somalia, where the United States is not officially at war. Advocates say that drones are more precise than conventional bombers, allowing warfare with minimal civilian deaths while keeping American pilots out of harm's way. Critics say that drones are cowardly and that they often kill innocent civilians while terrorizing entire villages on the ground. In this book, Hugh Gusterson explores the significance of drone warfare from multiple perspectives, drawing on accounts by drone operators, victims of drone attacks, anti-drone activists, human rights activists, international lawyers, journalists, military thinkers, and academic experts.

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