Sudden justice : America's secret drone wars / Chris Woods.
Sudden justice : America's secret drone wars / Chris Woods.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015].
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G 2015/3802
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 386 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
View to a kill : armed drones on the battlefield -- Birth of a predator : the origins of lethal drones -- The rise of targeted killing : Yemen and Palestine -- The cauldron : Iraq 2003-2011 -- The occasional assassin : Bush in Pakistan -- The enemy without : Western citizens killed by drones -- Obam...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015].
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015].
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Summary
"Sudden Justice explores the secretive history of the United States' use of armed drones and their key role not only on today's battlefields, but also in a covert targeted killing project that has let to the deaths of thousands. Days after 9/11, a CIA Predator in Afghanistan executed the world's first lethal drone strike. The Agency's role was no a...
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Sudden justice : America's secret drone wars / Chris Woods.
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America's secret drone wars.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-365) and index.
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©2015.
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G 2015/3802
Record Identifier
74VKRLPEpXzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRLPEpXzX
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ISBN
0190202599 (acid-free paper)
9780190202590 (acid-free paper)
DDC
623.7469
MMS ID
991023149159702626
