Kill chain :: the rise of the high-tech assassins /: Andrew Cockburn.

Cockburn, Andrew,

Kill chain : the rise of the high-tech assassins / Andrew Cockburn.

Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- author.

2015

UG1242.D7 C63 2015 (Mapit)

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Title Kill chain : the rise of the high-tech assassins / Andrew Cockburn.

Author Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- author.

Edition First edition.

ISBN 9780805099263 hardcover
0805099263 hardcover

Published New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2015]

Language English

Description 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Number UG1242.D7 C63 2015

Dewey Decimal Classification 623.7469/0973

Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.

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