We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age

ISBN-13: 9781783605477 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 416 str.

Laurie Calhoun

Opis

A disturbing and controversial expose of the ethics of remote-controlled warfare in the twenty-first century.

Spis treści

Foreword to the Paperback Edition Preface Introduction Part I: Find 1. Drone Nation 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing 4. Lethal Creep Part II: Fix 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later 6. The New Banality of Killing 7. The Operators 8. From Conscience to Oblivion Part III: Finish 9. Death and Politics 10. Death and Taxes 11. The Death of Military Virtue 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do Conclusion Postface Appendix: Drone Killing and Just War Theory