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Drone : remote control warfare

Title
Drone : remote control warfare / Hugh Gusterson.
Author
Gusterson, Hugh.
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

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Description
xi, 199 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"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."--Amazon.com
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Drones 101 -- War remixed -- Remote intimacy -- Casualties -- Arsenal of democracy? -- Conclusion: peering over the horizon.
Call Number
JFD 16-4753
ISBN
  • 9780262034678
  • 0262034670
LCCN
2015039936
OCLC
927438386
Author
Gusterson, Hugh.
Title
Drone : remote control warfare / Hugh Gusterson.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 16-4753
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