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Title:

Drone wars : transforming conflict, law, and policy / edited by Peter L. Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Air warfare (International law)
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles.
Aeronautics, Military--Law and legislation.
Afghan War, 2001---Law and legislation.
Afghan War, 2001---Aerial operations.

Other Authors:

Bergen, Peter L., 1962- editor.
Rothenberg, Daniel, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Bergen and Daniel Rothenberg -- My guards absolutely feared drones : reflections on being held captive for seven months by the Taliban / David Rohde -- The decade of the drone : analyzing CIA drone attacks, casualties, and policy / Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland -- Just trust us : the need to know more about the civilian impact of U.S. drone strikes / Sarah Holewinski -- The boundaries of war? Assessing the impact of drone strikes in Yemen / Christopher Swift -- What do Pakistanis really think about drones? / Saba Imtiaz -- It is war at a very intimate level / Drone pilot -- This is not war by machine / Charles Blanchard -- Regulating drones : are targeted killings by drones outside traditional battlefields legal? / William C. Banks -- A move within the shadows : will JSOC's control of drones improve policy? / Naureen Shah.
Defending the drones : Harold Koh and the evolution of U.S. policy / Tara McKelvey -- "Bring on the magic" : using drones in combat / Michael Waltz -- The five deadly flaws of talking about emerging military technologies and the need for new approaches to law, ethics, and war / Peter W. Singer -- Drones and cognitive dissonance / Rosa Brooks -- Predator effect : A phenomenon unique to the War on Terror / Megan Braun -- Disciplining drone strikes : just war in the context of counterterrorism / David True -- World of drones : the global proliferation of drone technology / Peter L. Bergen and Jennifer Rowland -- No one feels safe / "Adam Khan" -- "Drones" : now and what to expect over the next ten years / Werner J. A. Dahm -- From Orville Wright to September 11th : what the history of drone technology says about the future / Konstantin Kakaes -- Drones and the dilemma of modern warfare / Richard Pildes and Samuel Issacharoff -- How to manage drones, transformative technologies, the evolving nature of conflict and the inadequacy of current systems of law / Brad Allenby -- Drones and the emergence of data-driven warfare / Daniel Rothenberg.

ISBN:

1107025567 (hardback)
9781107025561 (hardback)
1107663385 (pbk.)
9781107663381 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)880541544

LCCN:

2014020421

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)