Drone Wars (Record no. 26782)
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| fixed length control field | 01901 a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107663381 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 358.414 |
| Item number | DR- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Drone Wars |
| Sub Title | : Transforming Conflict, Law, and Policy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 512,pp. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts. Drones have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted norms and moral understandings. Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and foreign policy experts. It addresses drones' impact on the ground, how their use adheres to and challenges the laws of war, their relationship to complex policy challenges, and the ways they help us understand the future of war. The book is a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones that covers important debates on targeted killing and civilian casualties, presents key data on drone deployment, and offers new ideas on their historical development, significance, and impact on law and policy. Provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of how current drone deployment challenges accepted rules, norms, and moral understandings Includes a wide selection of contributions from legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and foreign policy experts Reviews drones' impact on the ground, their relation to the laws of war, their policy implications, and how they signal fundamental transformations in the nature of war |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Legislation |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles (International law) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Aeronautics, Military--Law and legislation |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bergen, Peter L. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rothenberg, Daniel |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2021-04-13 | Overseas Press India Private Limited | 1778.19 | 2021-03-08 | 358.414 DRO- | 51500 | 2504.50 | 2021-04-13 | Books |