The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law

by Jameel Jaffer

Book Overview

"A trenchant summation" and analysis of the legal rationales behind the US drone policy of targeted killing of suspected terrorists, including US citizens (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

In the long response to 9/11, the US government initiated a deeply controversial policy of "targeted killing"--the extrajudicial execution of suspected terrorists and militants, typically via drones. A remarkable effort was made to legitimize...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162097259X
• ISBN13: 9781620972595
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"