Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-

Title Killing machine : the American presidency in the age of drone warfare / Lloyd C. Gardner.

Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2013.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  352.235 GARDNER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  352.235 GARDNER    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 289 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "With Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States' leadership role in the world. In this shattering new assessment, historian Lloyd C. Gardner argues that, despite cosmetic changes, Obama has simply built on the expanding power base of presidential power that reaches back across decades and through multiple administrations. The new president ended the "enhanced interrogation" policy of the Bush administration but did not abandon the concept of preemption. Obama withdrew from Iraq but has institutionalized drone warfare--including the White House's central role in selecting targets. What has come into view, Gardner argues, is the new face of American presidential power: high-tech, secretive, global, and lethal. Killing Machine skillfully narrates the drawdown in Iraq, the counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan, the rise of the use of drones, and targeted assassinations from al-Awlaki to Bin Laden--drawing from the words of key players in these actions as well as their major public critics. With unparalleled historical perspective, Gardner's book is the new touchstone for understanding not only the Obama administration but the American presidency itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
Subject Executive power -- United States.
War and emergency powers -- United States.
Drone aircraft -- Government policy -- United States.
Targeted killing -- Government policy -- United States.
United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Obama, Barack.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Aerial operations.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Aerial operations.
ISBN 9781595589187 hardback
159558918X hardback
9781595589439 paperback
1595589430 paperback
-->
Add a Review