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The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
Henry Holt
March 2015
On Sale: March 10, 2015
320 pages
ISBN: 0805099263
EAN: 9780805099263
Kindle: B00MSZ5BBI
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction | Military
An essential and page-turning narrative on the history of
drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld, exploring
how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real
consequences of targeted killing
Assassination by
drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination. Yet few
understand how and why this has become our principal way of
waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and
extraordinary story; its origins in long-buried secret
programs, the breakthroughs that made drone operations
possible, the ways in which the technology works and,
despite official claims, does not work. Taking the reader
inside the well-guarded world of national security, the book
reveals the powerful interests - military, CIA and corporate
- that have led the drive to kill individuals by remote
control. Most importantly of all, the book describes what
has really happened when the theories underpinning the
strategy -- and the multi-billion dollar contracts they
spawn -- have been put to the test. Drawing on sources deep
in the military and intelligence establishments, Andrew
Cockburn's Kill Chain unveils the true effects, as
demonstrated by bloody experience, of assassination warfare,
a revelation that readers will find surprising as well as
shocking.
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