See It/Shoot It : The Secret History of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program /

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An illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations This eye-opening study uncovers the history of the most important instrument of U.S. counterterrorism today: the armed drone. It reveals that, contrary to popular...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fuller, Christopher J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Drone aircraft.
Terrorism > Prevention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A NOTE ON LANGUAGE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • PROLOGUE: "LET HIM SLEEP"
  • INTRODUCTION: "THE TRUE WATERSHEDS IN HUMAN AFFAIRS ARE SELDOM SPOTTED"
  • 1. "The Hamlet of Nations": The Rhetoric and Reality of the Reagan Administration's Counterterrorism Policy, 1980-1985
  • 2 "Let's Find a Way to Go after Them": The Fadlallah Affair and the Achille Lauro Hijacking, 1985
  • 3. "We Have to Find a Better Way to Send a Message": The CIA's Counterterrorism Center, from the Eagle Program to the Predator Drone, 1986-2001
  • 4. "Talking about Capturing bin Laden": The Clinton Administration and the Legal Architecture of Lethal Force in Counterterrorism, 1993-2000
  • 5. "Ninja Guys in Black Suits": Alternative Counterterrorism Tools, 1993-2008
  • 6. "The Only Game in Town": The Strategy and Effectiveness of the CIA's Lethal Drone Campaign, 2009-2012
  • CONCLUSION: "IT SENDS ITS BLOODHOUNDS EVERYWHERE"
  • NOTES
  • Index

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