The Resource We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun
We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun
Resource Information
The item We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- We live in an age of drone warfare, where the attacks on targets deemed to be threatening happens remotely. The decisions to kill are made covertly in rooms far away from the target, and we can now kill without being personally present. Killing has become all too easy and convenient. As a result, argues Laurie Calhoun in this provocative book, self-defense has become conflated with outright aggression, and black ops have become the standard military operating procedure. In this remarkable and often-shocking book, Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact that these drone killings are having on modern society. In We Kill Because We Can she draws powerful, thought-provoking parallels between drone operators and mafia hitmen as well as the Trayvon Martin case and the killing of a teen in Yemen by drone. The result is a timely and provoking analysis of Western foreign policy and its disturbing use of remote-controlled death
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 392 pages
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Find
- 1. Drone Nation
- 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure
- 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing
- 4. Lethal Creep
- Part II: Fix
- 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later
- 6. The New Banality of Killing
- 7. The Operators
- 8. From Conscience to Oblivion
- Part III: Finish
- 9. Death and Policies
- 10. Death and Taxes
- 11. The Death of Military Virtue
- 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do
- Conclusion
- Postface
- Isbn
- 9781783605484
- Label
- We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age
- Title
- We kill because we can
- Title remainder
- from soldiering to assassination in the drone age
- Statement of responsibility
- Laurie Calhoun
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- We live in an age of drone warfare, where the attacks on targets deemed to be threatening happens remotely. The decisions to kill are made covertly in rooms far away from the target, and we can now kill without being personally present. Killing has become all too easy and convenient. As a result, argues Laurie Calhoun in this provocative book, self-defense has become conflated with outright aggression, and black ops have become the standard military operating procedure. In this remarkable and often-shocking book, Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact that these drone killings are having on modern society. In We Kill Because We Can she draws powerful, thought-provoking parallels between drone operators and mafia hitmen as well as the Trayvon Martin case and the killing of a teen in Yemen by drone. The result is a timely and provoking analysis of Western foreign policy and its disturbing use of remote-controlled death
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Calhoun, Laurie
- Dewey number
- 172/.42
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UG479
- LC item number
- .C35 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Military robots
- Drone aircraft
- War
- Militarism
- Drohne
- Militärtechnik
- Kriegführung
- USA
- Drönare (luftfarkost)
- Robotvapen
- Krig
- Label
- We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and index
- Includes filmography (pages 363-365)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Find -- 1. Drone Nation -- 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure -- 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing -- 4. Lethal Creep -- Part II: Fix -- 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later -- 6. The New Banality of Killing -- 7. The Operators -- 8. From Conscience to Oblivion -- Part III: Finish -- 9. Death and Policies -- 10. Death and Taxes -- 11. The Death of Military Virtue -- 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do -- Conclusion -- Postface
- Control code
- ocn907186921
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 392 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783605484
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781783605484
- (OCoLC)907186921
- Label
- We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361) and index
- Includes filmography (pages 363-365)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Find -- 1. Drone Nation -- 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure -- 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing -- 4. Lethal Creep -- Part II: Fix -- 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later -- 6. The New Banality of Killing -- 7. The Operators -- 8. From Conscience to Oblivion -- Part III: Finish -- 9. Death and Policies -- 10. Death and Taxes -- 11. The Death of Military Virtue -- 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do -- Conclusion -- Postface
- Control code
- ocn907186921
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 392 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783605484
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781783605484
- (OCoLC)907186921
Library Links
Embed (Experimental)
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/portal/We-kill-because-we-can--from-soldiering-to/W7ztJBgFHuk/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/portal/We-kill-because-we-can--from-soldiering-to/W7ztJBgFHuk/">We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/">Waubonsee Community College</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/portal/We-kill-because-we-can--from-soldiering-to/W7ztJBgFHuk/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/portal/We-kill-because-we-can--from-soldiering-to/W7ztJBgFHuk/">We kill because we can : from soldiering to assassination in the drone age, Laurie Calhoun</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.waubonsee.edu/">Waubonsee Community College</a></span></span></span></span></div>
