Drone theory: Chamayou, Gregoire; Lloyd, Janet.- Chamayou, Gregoire; Lloyd, Janet

UK Penguin Books. 2015. Literatura española. Novela. Siglo XX. (821.134.2-31 19 ) United States, Military policy, Moral and ethical aspects 18 cm. 292 pages. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Grégoire Chamayou ; translated by Janet Lloyd. [Théorie du drone. English ][A Penguin special ]. Translated from the French. This translation originally published: as A theory of the drone. New York: The New Press. Includes bibliographical references and index. Also available in printed form ISBN 9780241970348. Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web. English PEN Award 2015. Description based on CIP data; item not viewed. Chamayou, Gregoire. Theorie du drone. English. Contents Techniques and tactics -- Methodologies for a hostile environment -- The genealogy of the predator -- The theoretical principles of manhunting -- Surveillance and annihilation -- Pattern-of-life analysis -- Kill box -- Counterinsurgency from the air -- Vulnerabilities -- Ethos and psyche -- Drones and kamikazes -- That others may die -- A crisis in military ethos -- Psychopathologies of the drone -- Killing from a distance -- Necroethics -- Combatant immunity -- A humanitarian weapon -- Precision -- The principles of the philosophy of the right to kill -- Indelicate murderers -- Warfare without combat -- License to kill -- Political bodies -- In war as in peace -- Democratic militarism -- The essence of combatants -- The fabrication of political automata -- Epilogue: on war, from a distance . ISBN: 9780241970355 (ebook); 9780241970348 (pbk.)