A theory of the drone / Gregoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

Author/creator Chamayou, Grégoire
Other author Lloyd, Janet, 1934-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : The New Press, [2015]
Description292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Subjects

Uniform titleThéorie du drone. English
Contents Techniques and tactics -- Methodologies for a hostile environment -- The genealogy of the predator -- The theoretical principles of manhunting -- Surveillance and annihilation -- Pattern-of-life analysis -- Kill box -- Counterinsurgency from the air -- Vulnerabilities -- Ethos and psyche -- Drones and kamikazes -- "That others may die" -- A crisis in military ethos -- Psychopathologies of the drone -- Killing from a distance -- Necroethics -- Combatant immunity -- A humanitarian weapon -- Precision -- The principles of the philosophy of the right to kill -- Indelicate murderers -- Warfare without combat -- License to kill -- Political bodies -- In war as in peace -- Democratic militarism -- The essence of combatants -- The fabrication of political automata -- Epilogue: on war, from a distance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014033225
ISBN9781595589750 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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