TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gusterson,Hugh
TI  - Drone: remote control warfare 
SN  - 9780262034678
AV  - UG1242.D7 G87 2016
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Drone aircraft
KW  - History
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Air warfare
KW  - United States
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Drones 101 -- War remixed -- Remote intimacy -- Casualties -- Arsenal of democracy? -- Conclusion: peering over the horizon
N2  - "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
ER  -