000718494 000__ 02677cam\a2200421\i\4500 000718494 001__ 718494 000718494 005__ 20210515102732.0 000718494 008__ 140601s2015\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\c 000718494 010__ $$a 2014029340 000718494 020__ $$a9780805099263$$qhardcover 000718494 020__ $$a0805099263$$qhardcover 000718494 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn881042019 000718494 035__ $$a718494 000718494 040__ $$aBTCTA$$beng$$erda$$cBTCTA$$dBDX$$dZQP$$dIK2$$dVP@$$dJBL$$dUOK$$dABG$$dTLE$$dIQU 000718494 042__ $$apcc 000718494 043__ $$an-us--- 000718494 049__ $$aISEA 000718494 05004 $$aUG1242.D7$$bC63 2015 000718494 08204 $$a623.7469/0973$$223 000718494 1001_ $$aCockburn, Andrew,$$d1947-$$eauthor. 000718494 24510 $$aKill chain :$$bthe rise of the high-tech assassins /$$cAndrew Cockburn. 000718494 24630 $$aRise of the high-tech assassins 000718494 250__ $$aFirst edition. 000718494 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bHenry Holt and Company,$$c[2015] 000718494 264_4 $$c©2015 000718494 300__ $$a309 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c25 cm 000718494 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000718494 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000718494 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000718494 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000718494 5050_ $$aRemember, kill chain -- Wiring the jungle -- Turning people into nodes -- Predator politics -- It's not assassination if we do it -- Kingpins and maniacs -- Legally blind -- Kill them! Prevail! -- Killing effects -- A piece of junk -- Death by a number -- Drones, baby, drones! -- One big robot. 000718494 520__ $$a"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 WWII to the present; revealing the inner workings of these military technologies; introducing the key figures behind the transformation as well as the people on whom these deadly technologies have been tested; and illuminating the effects of drone warfare on our global image. This book will shed new light on the subject, from drone development in WWII and their use in the Vietnam War, to their embrace by the Bush administration and their controversial use by President Obama today. Cockburn will detail the corporate and political agendas that have effectively legitimized the once-banned practice of assassination, and the devastating effects of drone strikes gone awry"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000718494 650_0 $$aUninhabited combat aerial vehicles$$xHistory. 000718494 650_0 $$aDrone aircraft$$xMoral and ethical aspects$$zUnited States. 000718494 650_0 $$aTargeted killing$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000718494 650_0 $$aDrone aircraft$$xHistory. 000718494 650_0 $$aMilitary weapons$$zUnited States. 000718494 650_0 $$aNational security$$zUnited States. 000718494 85200 $$bgen$$hUG1242.D7$$iC63$$i2015 000718494 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:718494$$pGLOBAL_SET 000718494 980__ $$aBIB 000718494 980__ $$aBOOK