Kill Chain The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
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Verlag:Henry Holt and Co.
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
10.03.2015
Verlag
Henry Holt and Co.Seitenzahl
321 (Printausgabe)
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Englisch
EAN
9780805099270
"A blood-curdling account of the rise of robot warfare, a great story, and a prophecy to be read and heeded." -Tim Weiner, author of Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Assassination by drone is a subject of deep and enduring fascination. Yet few understand how and why this has become our principal way of waging war. Kill Chain uncovers the real and extraordinary story; its origins in long-buried secret programs, the breakthroughs that made UAV operations possible, the ways in which the technology works and, despite official claims, does not work. Taking the reader inside the well-guarded world of national security, the book reveals the powerful interests-military, CIA and corporate-that have led the drive to kill individuals by remote control. Most importantly of all, the book describes what has really happened when the theories underpinning the strategy-and the multi-billion dollar contracts they spawn-have been put to the test.Drawing on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishments, Andrew Cockburn's Kill Chain unveils the true effects, as demonstrated by bloody experience, of assassination warfare, a revelation that readers will find surprising as well as shocking.
"A compellingly readable book that not only tells us why drones cannot live up to the overblown expectation of politicians but lucidly explains the vulnerability of intelligence, either robotic or human, better than any book I have ever read." -Edward Jay Epstein, author of Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA
"Sharp-eyed and disturbing, especially Cockburn's concluding assessment that, nourished by an unending flow of money, 'the assassination machine is here to stay.'" - Kirkus Reviews
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