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Kill chainAndrew Cockburn, Cockburn, Andrew

Kill chain

Andrew Cockburn, Cockburn, Andrew
2015309 pages
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"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…

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5 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    Picador USA · 336 pages · 9781250081636
  • Other · English · 2016
    Verso Books · 9781784782696
  • Other · English · 2015
    Kill chain : the rise of the high-tech assassins
    Henry Holt and Company · 309 pages · 9780805099263
  • Other · English · 2015
    Holt & Company, Henry · 9780805099270
  • Other · English · 2015
    Verso · 309 pages · 9781781689462
Uninhabited combat aerial vehiclesNational securityMilitary weaponsTargeted killingDrone aircraftHistoryAir warfareHISTORY / Military / Weapons