Unmanned : Drone Warfare and Global Security.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781771131544
- 623.74/69
- UG1242.D7R63 2014
Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 From Balloons to Big Safari: UAV Development -- 2 The Drone Takes Off -- 3 The UAV and Military Doctrine -- 4 The Consequences of Killing Without Consequences -- 5 Targets: The View From Below -- 6 Unlegal: Justifying a Drone War -- 7 Killer Robots -- 8 From Man O' War to Nano-War: Revolutions in Military Affairs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Providing an unparalleled account of new forms of twenty-first-century imperial warfare, Unmanned shows how drone systems dissolve the conventional obstacles of time and space that have traditionally shaped global conflict.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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