Drone
Subtitle: remote control warfare
By: Hugh Gusterson
Publisher: imusti; The MIT Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780262034678
Subjects: Social aspects; Moral and ethical aspects; Drone aircraft; Air warfare; History
Description: "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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: Drones 101; title: War remixed; title: Remote intimacy; title: Casualties; title: Arsenal of democracy?; title: Conclusion: peering over the horizon.