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Author Arkin, William M., author.

Title Unmanned : drones, data, and the illusion of perfect warfare / William M. Arkin.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
©2015

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  358.4183 ARKIN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  358.41 ARKIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-380) and index.
Contents Search of the wind -- Dead reckoning -- Fire and forget -- Trojan spirit -- Dialogue of the deaf -- Another plane -- Inherit the wind -- My back is killing me -- The machine builds -- The split -- The explosion -- Flock of birds -- Mind-set over mind -- Gilgamesh calling -- Beyond the speed of war -- X-men -- Ring of fiber -- Command post of the future -- Oh. Obama was elected -- Pattern of life -- Warka -- Epilogue: The event.
Summary Unmanned is an examination of why seemingly successful wars never seem to end. The problem centers on drones, now accumulated in the thousands, the front end of a spying and killing machine that is disconnected from either security or safety. Drones, however, are only part of the problem. William Arkin shows that security is actually undermined by an impulse to gather as much data as possible, the appetite and the theory both skewed towards the notion that no amount is too much. And yet the very endeavor of putting fewer human in potential danger places everyone in greater danger. Wars officially end, but the Data Machine lives on forever.
Subject Drone aircraft -- United States.
Drone aircraft -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Drone aircraft -- Government policy -- United States.
Targeted killing -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Military intelligence -- United States -- Evaluation.
Military intelligence -- Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Data mining -- Moral and ethical aspects.
National security -- United States.
United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Added Title Drones, data, and the illusion of perfect warfare
ISBN 9780316323352 (hardcover)
0316323357 (hardcover)
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