The ever-increasing use of technology is challenging the current status of the law, bringing about new problems and questions. The book addresses this trend from the perspective of International law and European Union law and is divided into three main thematic sections. The fir…
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Life in the age of drone warfare
by Grewal, Inderpal, Kaplan, Caren, Gregory, Derek, Packer, Jeremy, Dominguez, Ricardo, Parks, Lisa, Reeves, Joshua, Crandall, Jordan, Stubblefield, Thomas, Hajjar, Lisa, Chandler, Katherine, (college teacher), Tahir, Madiha R., Nath, Anjali, Asaro, Peter
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"This volume's contributors offer a new critical language through which to explore and assess the historical, juridical, geopolitical, and cultural dimensions of drone technology and warfare. They show how drones generate particular ways of visualizing the spaces and targets of …
Life in the age of drone warfare
by Grewal, Inderpal, Kaplan, Caren, Gregory, Derek, Packer, Jeremy, Dominguez, Ricardo, Parks, Lisa, Reeves, Joshua, Crandall, Jordan, Stubblefield, Thomas, Hajjar, Lisa, Chandler, Katherine, (college teacher), Tahir, Madiha R., Nath, Anjali, Asaro, Peter
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"This volume's contributors offer a new critical language through which to explore and assess the historical, juridical, geopolitical, and cultural dimensions of drone technology and warfare. They show how drones generate particular ways of visualizing the spaces and targets of …
This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles ('hunter-killer drones') in contemporary conflicts. The American way of war is trending away from the heroic and towards the post-heroic, driven by a political preference for air-powered manageme…
Unmanned combat air vehicles--i.e. 'drones'--have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threats with lethal force. As a result, critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidiscip…
"This book is an...exploration of the war on terror from the prism of armed drones and globalization. It is particularly focused on the United States' use of the drones, and the systemic dysfunctions that globalization has caused to international political economy and national s…
Offers an analysis of the future of the world's ground forces: Where are future large-scale conflicts or other catastrophes most plausible? Which of these could be important enough to necessitate the option of a US military response? And which of these could in turn require sign…
"This book depicts the challenges associated with the emergence of a new global order in which patterns of conflict and the role of traditional military power are in the process of radical flux. Our ideas about global order have yet to catch up with these new behavioral trends, …
More so than in the past, the U.S. is now embracing the logic of preventive force: using military force to counter potential threats around the globe before they have fully materialized. While popular with individuals who seek to avoid too many "boots on the ground," preventive …
"For the first time in our military history, how we wage war is being built around a single strategy: the tracking and elimination of "high value targets"--in other words, assassination by military drone. Kill Chain is the story of how this new paradigm came to be, from WWII to …
"The book discusses the moral and legal issues relating to military drones, focusing on how these machines should be judged according to the principles of just war theory. It not only considers existing drones like the Predator and Reaper but also evaluates the many types of dro…
"This book evaluates American foreign policy actions from the perspective of great power responsibility, with three case studies: Operation Iraqi Freedom, American drone strikes in Pakistan and the post- 9/11 practice of extraordinary rendition"--
"Drone warfare has raised profound ethical and constitutional questions both in the halls of Congress and among the U.S. public. Not since debates over nuclear warfare has American military strategy been the subject of discussion in living rooms, classrooms, and houses of worshi…
Shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.
"'Oh, la belle cible! J'essaierais de passer par l'arrière pour la mettre en plein dans le mille.' Ce n'est pas un sniper qui parle depuis un toit d'immeuble, c'est un personnage confortablement installé à la base de Creech, dans le Nevada. Il pilote un drone qui s'apprête à lan…
As accessibly written as it is theoretically ambitious, Predator Empire provides up-to-date information about U.S. drone warfare, as well as an in-depth history of the rise of drones.