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050 0 4 _aUG1242.D7
_bG87 2016
090 _aUG 1242 .D7 G87 2016
100 1 _aGusterson, Hugh.
_98208
245 1 0 _aDrone :
_bremote control warfare /
_cHugh Gusterson.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2016]
300 _axi, 199 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDrones 101 -- War remixed -- Remote intimacy -- Casualties -- Arsenal of democracy? -- Conclusion: peering over the horizon.
520 0 0 _a"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
650 0 _aDrone aircraft
_xHistory.
_98209
650 0 _aDrone aircraft
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_98210
650 0 _aDrone aircraft
_xSocial aspects.
_98211
650 0 _aAir warfare
_zUnited States
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
_98212
650 0 _aAir warfare
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_98213
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_cBOOK
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