Drone warrior
Subtitle: an elite soldier's inside account of the hunt for America's most dangerous enemies
By: Brett Velicovich and Christopher S. Stewart
Contributors: Stewart, Christopher S., author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780062693914
Subjects: American Personal narratives; Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles; Targeted killing; American Aerial operations; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Terrorism; Prevention; History
Description: For nearly a decade, Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles--drones--to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence--assets, analysts, spies, informants--and the military's elite operatives, to stalk, capture, and eliminate high value targets in al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Table of contents: title: Should we kill him?; title: Where were you when the world stopped turning?; title: New guy; title: Camp pizza hut; title: Spy game; title: The shitbox-garbage city; title: The door at the end of the hall; title: Day zero; title: The drone war begins; title: The hunters; title: My first kill; title: Finding a groove; title: Wild goose chases; title: Home?; title: The boys are back in town; title: The Saudi; title: The kidnapping; title: The bombing; title: Dark horse; title: Manhattan and Brooklyn; title: Dogs of war; title: The one who got away; title: Gone; title: Life outside the box; title: A new beginning.