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245 10 a| We kill because we can :b| from soldiering to assassination in the drone age /c| Laurie Calhoun.;

264 1 a| London :b| Zed Books,c| 2015.;

300 a| xviii, 392 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and index.;

504 a| Includes filmography (pages 363-365).;

505 0 a| Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Find -- 1. Drone Nation -- 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure -- 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing -- 4. Lethal Creep -- Part II: Fix -- 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later -- 6. The New Banality of Killing -- 7. The Operators -- 8. From Conscience to Oblivion -- Part III: Finish -- 9. Death and Policies -- 10. Death and Taxes -- 11. The Death of Military Virtue -- 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do -- Conclusion -- Postface.;

520 a| We live in an age of drone warfare, where the attacks on targets deemed to be threatening happens remotely. The decisions to kill are made covertly in rooms far away from the target, and we can now kill without being personally present. Killing has become all too easy and convenient. As a result, argues Laurie Calhoun in this provocative book, self-defense has become conflated with outright aggression, and black ops have become the standard military operating procedure. In this remarkable and often-shocking book, Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact that these drone killings are having on modern society. In We Kill Because We Can she draws powerful, thought-provoking parallels between drone operators and mafia hitmen as well as the Trayvon Martin case and the killing of a teen in Yemen by drone. The result is a timely and provoking analysis of Western foreign policy and its disturbing use of remote-controlled death.;

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650 0 a| Warx| Moral and ethical aspects.=| ^A65765;

650 0 a| Militarismx| Ethics.=| ^A44329;

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We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age / Laurie Calhoun.

Author/creator	Calhoun, Laurie author.
Format	Book
Publication	London : Zed Books, 2015.
Description	xviii, 392 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Military robots--Moral and ethical aspects. Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects. War--Moral and ethical aspects. Militarism--Ethics.

Contents	Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Find -- 1. Drone Nation -- 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure -- 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing -- 4. Lethal Creep -- Part II: Fix -- 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later -- 6. The New Banality of Killing -- 7. The Operators -- 8. From Conscience to Oblivion -- Part III: Finish -- 9. Death and Policies -- 10. Death and Taxes -- 11. The Death of Military Virtue -- 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do -- Conclusion -- Postface.
Abstract	We live in an age of drone warfare, where the attacks on targets deemed to be threatening happens remotely. The decisions to kill are made covertly in rooms far away from the target, and we can now kill without being personally present. Killing has become all too easy and convenient. As a result, argues Laurie Calhoun in this provocative book, self-defense has become conflated with outright aggression, and black ops have become the standard military operating procedure. In this remarkable and often-shocking book, Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact that these drone killings are having on modern society. In We Kill Because We Can she draws powerful, thought-provoking parallels between drone operators and mafia hitmen as well as the Trayvon Martin case and the killing of a teen in Yemen by drone. The result is a timely and provoking analysis of Western foreign policy and its disturbing use of remote-controlled death.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and index.
Bibliography note	Includes filmography (pages 363-365).
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