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Drone warfare

killing by remote control

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Weeks after the 2002 American invasion of Afghanistan, Medea Benjamin visited that country. There, on the ground, talking with victims of the strikes, she learned the reality behind the "precision bombs" on which U.S. forces were becoming increasingly reliant. Now, with the use of drones escalating at a meteoric pace, Benjamin has written this book as a call to action: "It is meant to wake a sleeping public," she writes, "lulled into thinking that drones are good, that targeted killings are making us safer." Drone Warfare is a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who "pilots" these unmanned planes, who are the victims and what are the legal and moral implications. In vivid, readable style, the book also looks at what activists, lawyers and scientists are doing to ground the drones, and ways to move forward. In reality, writes Benjamin, the assassinations we are carrying out via drones will come back to haunt us when others start doing the same thing-to us.

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OR Books
Language
English
Pages
241

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Dec 01, 2012, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Drone warfare: killing by remote control
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New York, London

Table of Contents

Introduction
A sordid affair with killer drones --
It's a growth market --
Here a drone, there a drone, everywhere a drone --
Pilots without a cockpit --
Remote-controlled victims --
Murder by drone : is it legal? --
Morality bites the dust --
The activists strike back --
Opposition to drones goes global ---- Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241).

Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.00973
Library of Congress
UG1242.D7 B45 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 241 pages
Number of pages
241

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32094903M
Internet Archive
dronewarfarekill0000benj_h1c8
ISBN 10
1935928813
ISBN 13
9781935928812
OCLC/WorldCat
793339858

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