Unmanned - Drone Warfare and Global Security

Shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.

List of contents

List of abbreviations Introduction 1 From Balloons to Big Safari: Uav Development 2 The Drone Takes Off 3 The UAV and Military Doctrine 4 The Consequences of Killing Without Consequences 5 Targets: The View From Below 6 Unlegal: Justifying a Drone War 7 Killer Robots 8 From Man O'War to Nano-War: Revolutions in Military Affairs Notes Bibliography Index

About the author

Ann Rogers teaches International Relations and Media Studies at Royal Roads University, Canada. She is the author of Unmanned (Pluto Press, 2014).

John Hill is the co-author of Unmanned: Drone Warfare and Global Security (Pluto, 2014) and was formerly the China Watch editor for Jane's Intelligence Review.

Summary

Shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.

Product details

• Authors: John Hill, Ann Rogers, Ann/ Hill Rogers, Rogers Ann
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9780745333359
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3335-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; HISTORY / Military / General, North America, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, International Relations, International Law, Central Asia, Middle East, Modern warfare, North America (USA and Canada), Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, Armed Conflict, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science