Predator empire : drone warfare and full spectrum dominance /

Shaw, Ian G. R.,

Predator empire : drone warfare and full spectrum dominance / Drone warfare and full spectrum dominance Ian G.R. Shaw. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016. - vii, 327 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: understanding empire -- The long march to human enclosure -- The rise of the Predator Empire in the Vietnam War -- Full-spectrum global dominance -- The rule by nobody -- Policing everything -- Conclusion: the war of all against all.

9780816694747 (pb : alk. paper)

2015036890


Military art and science--Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Drone aircraft--Social aspects.--United States
Targeted killing--Social aspects.--United States
National security--United States.
Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
Hegemony--United States.
Social control.
Police--United States.
Technology and civilization.


United States--Military policy.

UA23 / .S464 2016

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