Kill Chain
Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins
Published on 1. July 2015
320 pages
978-1-78168-947-9 (ISBN)
Description
Kill Chain is the essential history of drone warfare, a development in military technology that, as Andrew Cockburn demonstrates, has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Cockburn follows the links in a chain that stretches from the White House, through the drone command center in Nevada, to the skies of Helmand Province.
The book reveals the powerful interests-military, CIA and corporate-that turned the Pentagon away from manned aircraft and boots on the ground to killing by remote control. Cockburn uncovers the technological breakthroughs, the revolution in military philosophy, and the devastating collateral damage resulting from assassinations allegedly targeted with pinpoint precision.
Vivid, powerful and chilling, Kill Chain draws on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishment to lay bare the failure of the modern American way of war.
The book reveals the powerful interests-military, CIA and corporate-that turned the Pentagon away from manned aircraft and boots on the ground to killing by remote control. Cockburn uncovers the technological breakthroughs, the revolution in military philosophy, and the devastating collateral damage resulting from assassinations allegedly targeted with pinpoint precision.
Vivid, powerful and chilling, Kill Chain draws on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishment to lay bare the failure of the modern American way of war.
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Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
8 B/W illustrations integrated
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-947-9 (9781781689479)
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ANDREW COCKBURN is the Washington Editor of Harper's Magazine and the author of many articles and books on national security, including the New York Times Editor's Choice Rumsfeld and The Threat. He is a regular opinion contributor to the Los Angeles Times and has written for, among others, the New York Times, National Geographic and the London Review of Books.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. Remember, Kill Chain
- 2. Wiring the Jungle
- 3. Turning People into Nodes
- 4. Predator Politics
- 5. It's Not Assassination If We Do It
- 6. Kingpins and Maniacs
- 7. Legally Blind
- 8. Kill Them! Prevail!
- 9. Killing Effects
- 10. A Piece of Junk
- 11. Death by a Number
- 12. Drones, Baby, Drones!
- 13. One Big Robot
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
