Kill chain : the rise of the high-tech assassins /

For the first time in our military history, how we wage war is being built around a single strategy, the tracking and elimination of "high value targets," in other words, assassination by military drone. Kill Chain is the story of how this new paradigm came to be, from World War II to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles > History. Drone aircraft > History. Targeted killing > History. Drone aircraft > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Military weapons > United States. National security > United States. HISTORY / Military / Weapons. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. HISTORY / Military / United States.

Table of Contents:

Remember, kill chain
Wiring the jungle
Turning people into nodes
Predator politics
It's not assassination if we do it
Kingpins and maniacs
Legally blind
Kill them! Prevail!
Killing effects
A piece of junk
Death by a number
Drones, baby, drones!
One big robot.