Predators: The Cia's Drone War on Al Qaeda

Name: Predators: The Cia's Drone War on Al Qaeda
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ISBN: 9781612346175

ISBN-10: 1612346170

ISBN-13: 9781612346175

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brian Glyn Williams

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Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA’s and U.S. military’s most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies, terrorists, insurgents, and innocent tribal peoples who have been killed in the covert operation—the CIA’s largest assassination campaign since the Vietnam War era—being waged in Pakistan’s tribal regions via remote control aircraft known as drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles.Having traveled extensively in the Pashtun tribal areas while working for the U.S. military and the CIA, Williams explores in detail of the new technology of airborne…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 256
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Death of a Terrorist



A History of the Pashtun Tribal Lands of Pakistan



Enter the Predator



Operation Enduring Freedom



Manhunt



The Drone War Begins



Who Is Being Killed in the Drone Strikes?



Spies, Lawyers, Terrorists, and Secret Bases



The Argument for Drones



The Argument against Drones



The Future of Killer Drones


Appendix: Drone Specifications


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Author