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

With Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States' leadership...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gardner, Lloyd C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New Press, The, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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