Drones and targeted killing :  legal, moral, and geopolitical issues / 
edited by Marjorie Cohn ; with a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 
 - 296 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> A frightening new way of war /  Why drones are more dangerous than nuclear weapons /  Drones and assassination in the US's permanent war /  The Predator war /  A global assassination program /  The grim toll drones take on innocent lives /  Documenting civilian casualties /  US policy of targeted killing with drones: illegal at any speed /  Drone warfare and just war theory /  Al-Aulai v. Obama: targeted killing goes to court /  The case of Israel: a covert policy of political capital punishment /  Drone strike blowback /  Surveillance drones in America /  To stop the drones? /    Fact sheet: US policy standards and procedures for the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the United States and areas of active hostilities.  Marjorie Cohn --  Richard Falk --  Phyllis Bennis --  Jane Mayer --  Tom Reifer --  Medea Benjamin --  Alice K. Ross --  Jeanne Mirer --  Harry van der Linden --  Pardiss Kebriaei --  Ishai Menuchin --  John Quigley --  Jay Stanley --  Tom Hayden --  Introduction:  Part I The United States and Drone Warfare --  Part II Targeted Killing and "Collateral Damage" --  Part III Illegal and Immoral --  Part IV The Future of Targeted Killing --  Appendix A. Department of Justice white paper:  Appendix B. White House: 
<br/><br/> The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates them. Assassination, or targeted killing, off the battlefield not only causes more resentment against the United States, it is also illegal. In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights and political activists, policy analysts, lawyers and legal scholars, a philosopher, a journalist, and a sociologist examine different aspects of the U.S. policy of targeted killing with drones and other methods. It explores the legality, morality and geopolitical considerations of targeted killing and resulting civilian casualties, and evaluates the impact on relations between the United States and affected countries. The book includes the documentation of civilian casualties by the leading non-governmental organization in this area; stories of civilians victimized by drones; an analysis of the first U.S. targeted killing lawsuit by the lawyer who brought the case; a discussion of the targeted killing cases in Israel by the director of PCATI which filed one of the lawsuits; the domestic use of drones; and the immorality of drones using Just War principles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781566569897 1566569893 1566569117 9781566569118 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>1376225  QBI 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014033926 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Since 1989 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drone aircraft--United States.<br/>Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.<br/>Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.<br/>Targeted killing--Government policy--United States.<br/>Geopolitics--United States.<br/>Diplomatic relations.<br/>Drone aircraft.<br/>Geopolitics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--1989-<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UG1242.D7  / D76 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>358.4