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Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance
Ian G. R. Shaw
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Paperback. BIC Classification: JPSH; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
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, Ian G. R. Shaw reveals how changes in military strategy, domestic policing, and state surveillance have ... Read more
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, Ian G. R. Shaw reveals how changes in military strategy, domestic policing, and state surveillance have ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816694747
SKU
V9780816694747
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About Ian G. R. Shaw
Ian G. R. Shaw is lecturer in human geography at the University of Glasgow.
Reviews for Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance
Predator Empire is an impressive and very timely text. This is a book that everybody concerned with the relationship between technology and security should take the opportunity to read. -LSE Review of Books Predator Empire is a provocative analysis of the outreach of technology, specifically drones, as new tools to entrench U.S. power globally. -Science ... Read more