Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance

by Ian G.R. Shaw

What does it mean for human beings to exist in an era of dronified state violence? How can we understand the rise of robotic systems of power and domination? Focusing on U.S. drone warfare and its broader implications as no other book has to date, Predator Empire argues that we are witnessing a transition from a labor-intensive "American empire" to a machine-intensive "Predator Empire." Moving from the Vietnam War to the War on Terror and beyond,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816694745
• ISBN13: 9780816694747
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"