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Predators : the CIA's drone war on al Qaeda
- Title
- Predators : the CIA's drone war on al Qaeda / Brian Glyn Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Brian Glyn.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 281 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies, terrorists, insurgents, and innocent tribal peoples who have been killed in the covert operation - the CIA's largest assassination campaign since the Vietnam War - being waged in Pakistan's tribal regions via remote-control aircraft known as drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles." -- Back cover
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The death of a terrorist -- A history of the Pashtun tribal lands of Pakistan -- Enter the predator -- Operation enduring freedom -- Manhunt -- The drone war begins -- Who is being killed in the drone strikes? -- Spies, lawyers, terrorists and secret bases -- The argument for drones -- The argument against drones -- The future of killer drones -- Appendix: Drone specifications -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-703
- ISBN
- 9781612346175 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1612346170 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1612346189 (ebk.)
- 9781612346182 (ebk.)
- 9781612346182 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013006662
- 40022709723
- OCLC
- 816028192
- Author
- Williams, Brian Glyn.
- Title
- Predators : the CIA's drone war on al Qaeda / Brian Glyn Williams.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022709723
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-703