Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control

by Medea Benjamin

Book Overview

Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing--and most secretive--fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more drone "pilots" than bomber and fighter pilots combined. Drones are already a $5 billion business in the US alone. The human cost? Drone strikes have killed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781680779
• ISBN13: 9781781680773
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"