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Drone - Remote Control Warfare (Paperback)
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Drone - Remote Control Warfare (Paperback)
Series: The Mit Press
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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. Gusterson examines the way drone warfare has created
commuter warriors and redefined the space of the battlefield. He
looks at the paradoxical mix of closeness and distance involved in
remote killing: is it easier than killing someone on the physical
battlefield if you have to watch onscreen? He suggests a new way of
understanding the debate over civilian casualties of drone attacks.
He maps "ethical slippage" over time in the Obama administration's
targeting practices. And he contrasts Obama administration
officials' legal justification of drone attacks with arguments by
international lawyers and NGOs.
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