Drones and targeted killing : legal, moral, and geopolitical issues /
The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates them. Assassination, or targeted killing, off the battlefield not only causes more resentment against the United States, it is also illegal. In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights an...
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Northampton MA :
Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.,
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A frightening new way of war / Marjorie Cohn
- Part I The United States and Drone Warfare
- Why drones are more dangerous than nuclear weapons / Richard Falk
- Drones and assassination in the US's permanent war / Phyllis Bennis
- The Predator war / Jane Mayer
- Part II Targeted Killing and "Collateral Damage"
- A global assassination program / Tom Reifer
- The grim toll drones take on innocent lives / Medea Benjamin
- Documenting civilian casualties / Alice K. Ross
- Part III Illegal and Immoral
- US policy of targeted killing with drones: illegal at any speed / Jeanne Mirer
- Drone warfare and just war theory / Harry van der Linden
- Al-Aulai v. Obama: targeted killing goes to court / Pardiss Kebriaei
- The case of Israel: a covert policy of political capital punishment / Ishai Menuchin
- Part IV The Future of Targeted Killing
- Drone strike blowback / John Quigley
- Surveillance drones in America / Jay Stanley
- To stop the drones? / Tom Hayden
- Appendix A. Department of Justice white paper: Lawfulness of a lethal operation directed against a US citizen who is a senior operational leader of Al-Qaʼida or an associated force
- Appendix B. White House: Fact sheet: US policy standards and procedures for the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the United States and areas of active hostilities
- Introduction: A frightening new way of war / Marjorie Cohn
- Part I The United States and Drone Warfare
- Why drones are more dangerous that nuclear weapons / Richard Falk
- Drones and assassination in the US's permanent war / Phyllis Bennis
- The Predator war / Jane Mayer
- Part II Targeted Killing and "Collateral Damage"
- A global assassination program / Tom Reifer
- The grim toll drones take on innocent lives / Medea Benjamin
- Documenting civilian casualties / Alice K. Ross
- Part III Illegal and Immoral
- US policy of targeted killing with drones: illegal at any speed / Jeanne Mirer
- Drone warfare and just war theory / Harry van der Linden
- Al-Aulai v. Obama: targeted killing goes to court / Pardiss Kebriaei
- The case of Israel: a covert policy of political capital punishment / Ishai Menuchin
- Part IV The Future of Targeted Killing
- Drone strike blowback / John Quigley
- Surveillance drones in America / Jay Stanley
- To stop the drones? / Tom Hayden
- Appendix A. Department of Justice white paper: Lawfulness of a lethal operation directed against a US citizen who is a senior operational leader of Al-Qaʼida or an associated force
- Appendix B. White House: Fact sheet: US policy standards and procedures for the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the United States and areas of active hostilities
- Introduction: A frightening new way of war / Marjorie Cohn
- Part I: The United States and Drone Warfare. Why drones are more dangerous than nuclear weapons / Richard Falk
- Drones and assassination in the US's permanent war / Phyllis Bennis
- The Predator war / Jane Mayer
- Part II: Targeted Killing and "Collateral Damage". A global assassination program / Tom Reifer
- The grim toll drones take on innocent lives / Medea Benjamin
- Documenting civilian casualties / Alice K. Ross
- Part III Illegal and Immoral
- US policy of targeted killing with drones: illegal at any speed / Jeanne Mirer
- Drone warfare and just war theory / Harry van der Linden
- Al-Aulai v. Obama: targeted killing goes to court / Pardiss Kebriaei
- The case of Israel: a covert policy of political capital punishment / Ishai Menuchin
- Part IV: The Future of Targeted Killing. Drone strike blowback / John Quigley
- Surveillance drones in America / Jay Stanley
- To stop the drones? / Tom Hayden
- Appendix A. Department of Justice white paper: Lawfulness of a lethal operation directed against a US citizen who is a senior operational leader of Al-Qaʼida or an associated force
- Appendix B. White House: Fact sheet: US policy standards and procedures for the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the United States and areas of active hostilities