1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002661539707536

Autore

Bowman, Alan K.

Titolo

Vindolanda : the latin writings-tablets / by Alan K. Bowman and J. David Thomas ; with contributions by J. N. Adams and Richard Tapper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Society for the promotion of Roman studies, 1983

ISBN

0907764029

Descrizione fisica

157 p., [8] c. di tav. : ill. ; 30 cm

Collana

Britannia monograph series ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

Thomas, John David

Disciplina

471.7

Soggetti

Iscrizioni latine - Londra

Paleografia latina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812711803321

Autore

Chamayou Grégoire

Titolo

A theory of the drone / / Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : The New Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-59558-976-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

Drone aircraft - Moral and ethical aspects

Military ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prelude; Introduction; Chapter 1: Methodologies for a Hostile Environment; Chapter 2: The Genealogy of the Predator; Chapter 3: The Theoretical Principles of Manhunting; Chapter 4: Surveillance and Annihilation; Chapter 5: Pattern-of-Life Analysis; Chapter 6: Kill Box; Chapter 7: Counterinsurgency from the Air; Chapter 8: Vulnerabilities; Chapter 9: Drones and Kamikazes; Chapter 10: "That Others May Die"; Chapter 11: A Crisis in Military Ethos; Chapter 12: Psychopathologies of the Drone; Chapter 13: Killing from a Distance; Chapter 14: Combatant Immunity

Chapter 15: A Humanitarian WeaponChapter 16: Precision; Chapter 17: Indelicate Murderers; Chapter 18: Warfare Without Combat; Chapter 19: License to Kill; Chapter 20: In War as in Peace; Chapter 21: Democratic Militarism; Chapter 22: The Essence of Combatants; Chapter 23: The Fabrication of Political Automata; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drone warfare has raised profound ethical and constitutional questions both in the halls of Congress and among the U.S. public. Not since debates over nuclear warfare has American military strategy been the subject of discussion in living rooms, classrooms, and houses of worship. Yet as this groundbreaking new work shows, the full implications of drones have barely been addressed in the recent media storm.In a unique take on a subject that has grabbed headlines and is consuming billions of taxpayer dollars each year, philosopher Grégoire



Chamayou applies the lens of philosophy to our understan