This book investigates how drone warfare is deeply gendered and how this can be explored through the methodological framework of ‘Haunting’.Utilising original interview data from British Reaper drone crews, the book analyses the way killing by drones complicates traditional understandings of masculinity and femininity in warfare. As their role does not include physical risk, drone crews have been critiqued for failing to meet the masculine requirements necessary to be considered ‘warriors’ and have been derided for feminising war. However, this book argues that drone warfare, and the...
This book investigates how drone warfare is deeply gendered and how this can be explored through the methodological framework of ‘Haunting’.Utilis...