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Drone Warfare Killing by Remote Control

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ISBN-10: 1781680779

ISBN-13: 9781781680773

Edition: 2013

Authors: Medea Benjamin, Barbara Ehrenreich

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Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastestgrowing—and most secretive—fronts in global war: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had nearly 7,500. Drones are already a $5 billion business in the US alone; the US Air Force now trains more drone “pilots” than bomber and fighter pilots combined.Medea Benjamin provides the first extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who pilots these unmanned planes, and what are the legal and moral implications. In vivid, readable style, the book also looks at what activists, lawyers, and scientists across the globe are doing…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 4/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.14" wide x 7.75" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites"; "The Worst Years of Our Lives"; "Fear of Falling", which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, & eight other books. A frequent contributor to Time, Harper's, Esquire, The New Republic, Mirabella, The Nation, The New York Magazine, she lives near Key West, Florida.

Foreword
Introduction
A Sordid Love Affair with Killer Drones
It's a Growth Market
Here a Drone, There a Drone, Everywhere a Drone
Pilots Without a Cockpit
Remote-Controlled Victims
Murder by Drone: Is It Legal?
Morality Bites the Dust
The Activists Strike Back
Opposition to Drones Goes Global
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Further Resources
Endnotes