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Unmanned : drones, data, and the illusion of perfect warfare /

"Unmanned is an in-depth examination of why seemingly successful wars never seem to end. The problem centers on drones, now accumulated in the thousands, the front end of a spying and killing machine that is disconnected from either security or safety. Drones, however, are only part of the prob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arkin, William M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Drone aircraft > United States.
Drone aircraft > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Drone aircraft > Government policy > United States.
War > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
United States > Military policy > Moral and ethical aspects.
National security > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Search of the wind
  • Dead reckoning
  • Fire and forget
  • Trojan spirit
  • Dialogue of the deaf
  • Another plane
  • Inherit the wind
  • My back is killing me
  • The machine builds
  • The split
  • The explosion
  • Flock of birds
  • Mind-set over mind
  • Gilgamesh calling
  • Beyond the speed of war
  • X-men
  • Ring of fiber
  • Command posts of the future
  • Oh. Obama was elected
  • Pattern of life
  • Warka
  • Epilogue: the event.