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philosopher, a new theory of how drone warfare
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">“We are no
longer fighting an enemy on the battlefield. We
are hunting him like a rabbit.”<br>
—from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>A
Theory of the Drone</em></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">Drone warfare
has raised profound ethical and constitutional
questions both in the halls of Congress and
among the U.S. public. Not since debates over
nuclear warfare has American military strategy
been the subject of discussion in living rooms,
classrooms, and houses of worship. Yet as this
groundbreaking new work shows, the full
implications of drones have barely been
addressed in the recent media storm.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">In a unique take
on a subject that has grabbed headlines and is
consuming billions of taxpayer dollars each
year, philosopher Grégoire Chamayou applies the
lens of philosophy to our understanding of how
drones are changing our world. For the first
time in history, a state has claimed the right
to wage war across a mobile battlefield that
potentially spans the globe. Remote-control
flying weapons, he argues, take us well beyond
even George W. Bush’s justification for the war
on terror.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">What we are
seeing is a fundamental transformation of the
laws of war that have defined military conflict
as between combatants. As more and more drones
are launched into battle, war now has the
potential to transform into a realm of
secretive, targeted assassinations—beyond the
view and control not only of potential enemies
but also of citizens of the democracies
themselves. Far more than a simple technology,
Chamayou shows, drones are profoundly
influencing what it means for a democracy to
wage war.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>A
Theory of the Drone</em><span
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essential reading for all who care about this
important question.</p>
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razor-sharp telling, drones
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and art of killing. But it is his
theory of the drone that is even
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text-align: left;">“Chamayou is
brilliant. He jumps breezily from
Freud and Camus to Marx and Mao,
from Israeli and ancient Athenian
generals to Russian researchers
and Chinese strategists. If you
stick with the wild ride, you’ll
find his arguments are
breathtakingly profound and the
translation is superb. Chamayou is
masterful at unmasking just how
ethically bankrupt and dangerous
it is to kill people by remote
control.”
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Warfare</em></h6>
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wholly original, wide-ranging, and
provocative critique of targeted
killing from remote platforms that
switches from the ‘big picture’ to
the detailed view with consummate
skill and successfully calls into
question many of the central
claims advanced by the proponents
of later modern war.”
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