Drones and the future of armed conflict : ethical, legal, and strategic implications /

During the past decade, armed drones have entered the American military arsenal as a core tactic for countering terrorism. When coupled with access to reliable information, they make it possible to deploy lethal force accurately across borders while keeping one's own soldiers out of harm's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cortright, David, 1946- (Editor ), Fairhurst, Rachel (Editor ), Wall, Kristen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
Air warfare (International law)
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles.
Aeronautics, Military > Law and legislation > United States.
Military ethics > United States.
Guerre aérienne (Droit international)
Avions de combat sans pilote.
Morale militaire > États-Unis.
LAW > International.
Aeronautics, Military > Law and legislation
Military ethics
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles
Drohne > Flugkörper
Krieg
Ethik
Völkerrecht
Flygteknik > juridik och lagstiftning.
Militär etik.
Drönare (luftfarkost) > etik och moral.
Folkrätt.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: coming to terms with drones
  • Assessing the debate on drone warfare
  • The morality of "drone warfare"
  • Drone warfare and military ethics
  • International law and drone attacks beyond armed conflict zones
  • Drone strikes and the law: from Bush-era detention to Obama-era
  • Targeted killing
  • Justifying the right to kill: problems of law, transparency, and accountability
  • The strategic implications of targeted drone strikes for US global counterterrorism
  • Security implications of drones in warfare
  • Winning without war: evaluating military and nonmilitary strategies for countering terrorism
  • Targeted killings and secret law: drones and the atrophy of political restraints on war power
  • Understanding the gulf between public and US government estimates of civilian casualties in covert drone strikes
  • The myth of precision: human rights, drones, and the case of Pakistan
  • Conclusion: the future of drone warfare: research challenges and policy options.

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