1st Edition
Armed Drones and the Ethics of War Military virtue in a post-heroic age
By Christian Enemark
Copyright 2014
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles (‘hunter-killer drones’) in contemporary conflicts.
The American way of war is trending away from the heroic and towards the post-heroic, driven by a political preference for air-powered management of strategic risks and the reduction of physical risk to US personnel. The recent use of drones in the War on... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Post-heroic war and armed drones 3. Drones and the war threshold 4. Conducting drone warfare: the case of Pakistan 5. Radical asymmetry and the moral equality of combatants 6. Drone operators and the warrior ethos 7. Autonomous drones and post-human war 8. Conclusion
Biography
Christian Enemark is a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.
'Enemark's book is useful for students and practioners looking at different aspects of contemporary conflict. He [also makes] the content accessible to those from a non-military or technological background.' - Michelle Jones, Aberystwyth University
