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During the past decade, drones have become central to American
military strategy. When coupled with access to accurate
information, drones make it possible to deploy lethal force across
borders while keeping one's own soldiers out of harm's way. The
potential to direct force with great precision also offers the
possibility of reducing harm to civilians. At the same time,
because drones eliminate some of the traditional constraints on the
use of force-like the need to gain political support for full
mobilization-they lower the threshold for launching military
strikes. The development of drone use capacity across dozens of
countries increases the need for global standards on the use of
these weapons to assure their deployment is strategically wise and
ethically and legally sound. Presenting a robust conversation among
leading scholars in the areas of international legal standards,
counter-terrorism strategy, humanitarian law, and the ethics of
force, Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict takes account of
current American drone campaigns and the developing legal, ethical,
and strategic implications of this new way of warfare. Among the
contributions to this volume are a thorough examination of the
American government's legal justifications for the targeting of
enemies using drones, an analysis of American drone campaigns'
notable successes and failures, and a discussion of the linked
issues of human rights, freedom of information, and government
accountability.
During the past decade, armed drones have entered the American
military arsenal as a core tactic for countering terrorism. When
coupled with access to reliable information, they make it possible
to deploy lethal force accurately across borders while keeping
one's own soldiers out of harm's way. The potential to direct force
with great precision also offers the possibility of reducing harm
to civilians. At the same time, because drones eliminate some of
the traditional constraints on the use of force like the need to
gain political support for full mobilization they lower the
threshold for launching military strikes. The development of drone
use capacity across dozens of countries increases the need for
global standards on the use of these weapons to assure that their
deployment is strategically wise and ethically and legally sound.
Presenting a robust conversation among leading scholars in the
areas of international legal standards, counterterrorism strategy,
humanitarian law, and the ethics of force, Drones and the Future of
Armed Conflict takes account of current American drone campaigns
and the developing legal, ethical, and strategic implications of
this new way of warfare. Among the contributions to this volume are
a thorough examination of the American government's legal
justifications for the targeting of enemies using drones, an
analysis of American drone campaigns' notable successes and
failures, and a discussion of the linked issues of human rights,
freedom of information, and government accountability.
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