We Kill Because We Can ：From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age

Publication series ：1

Author： Calhoun Laurie

Publisher： Zed Books‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9781783605491

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783605484

Subject： D73/77 National Politics

Keyword：各国政治

Language： ENG

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A disturbing and controversial exposé of the ethics of remote-controlled warfare in the twenty-first century.

Chapter

Foreword to the Paperback Edition

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Find

1. Drone Nation

2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure

3. The Logic of Targeted Killing

4. Lethal Creep

Part II: Fix

5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later

6. The New Banality of Killing

7. The Operators

8. From Conscience to Oblivion

Part III: Finish

9. Death and Politics

10. Death and Taxes

11. The Death of Military Virtue

12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do

Conclusion

Postface

Appendix: Drone Killing and Just War Theory

Notes

Books Cited

Films Cited

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Index

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