Killing Machine [[electronic resource] ] : The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare
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| Autore: |
Gardner Lloyd C
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| Titolo: |
Killing Machine [[electronic resource] ] : The American Presidency in the Age of Drone Warfare
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : The New Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 352.23/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Killing Machine |
| ISBN: | 1-59558-943-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462666403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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