Killing Machine : The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813720003321
• Autore: Gardner Lloyd C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : The New Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-59558-943-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Classificazione: HIS036070POL040010POL025000
• Disciplina: 352.23/5
• Soggetti: Afghan War, 2001 -- Aerial operations; Drone aircraft -- Government policy -- United States; Executive power -- United States; Obama, Barack; Targeted killing -- Government policy -- United States; War and emergency powers -- United States; Executive power - Government policy - United States; War and emergency powers - Government policy - United States; Drone aircraft - Aerial operations - United States; Targeted killing - Aerial operations - United States; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Government - U.S; Law, Politics & Government; Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Executive Branch; United States Military policy Moral and ethical aspects; United States Politics and government 2009-2017
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Dream Candidate""; ""2. Afghanistan Shortchanged""; ""3. A Tale of Two Speeches""; ""4. On to Marja!""; ""5. The War of the Drones""; ""6. The Meaning of Two Deaths""; ""7. A Better War?""; ""8. American Hubris""; ""Afterword: The New Normal?""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: <div><B>Lloyd C. Gardner</B> is the Charles and Mary Beard ; Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including <I>The Long Road to Baghdad</I> and <I>Three Kings</I> (both available from The New Press). He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.</div>