Research Catalog

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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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

Subject

• Qaida (Organization)
• Terrorism > Religious aspects
• Drone aircraft > United States
• War > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
• Drone aircraft
• War > Moral and ethical aspects
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9781612346175 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1612346170 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1612346189 (ebk.)
• 9781612346182 (ebk.)
• 9781612346182 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• ^^2013006662
• 40022709723

OCLC

816028192

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library