Killing Machine : The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Lloyd C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001--Aerial operations.

Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.

Executive power--United States.

Obama, Barack.

Targeted killing--Government policy--United States.

War and emergency powers--United States.

Executive power--Government policy--United States.

Executive power.

War and emergency powers--Government policy--United States.

War and emergency powers.

Drone aircraft--Aerial operations--United States.

Drone aircraft.

Targeted killing--Aerial operations--United States.

Targeted killing.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.

Local Subjects:

Afghan War, 2001--Aerial operations.

Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.

Executive power--United States.

Obama, Barack.

Targeted killing--Government policy--United States.

War and emergency powers--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><B>Lloyd C. Gardner</B> is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including <I>The Long Road to Baghdad</I> and <I>Three Kings</I> (both available from The New Press). He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.</div>

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Dream Candidate""; ""2. Afghanistan Shortchanged""; ""3. A Tale of Two Speeches""; ""4. On to Marja!""; ""5. The War of the Drones""; ""6. The Meaning of Two Deaths""; ""7. A Better War?""; ""8. American Hubris""; ""Afterword: The New Normal?""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781595589439

1595589430

OCLC:

862103395