Beschreibung:
Within the context of IHL this book appraises the drone as a weapon of engagement, discussing such issues as "personality" and "signature" strikes as well as the implications of the deployment of spies as drone strikers rather the Defence Department, the members of the U.S armed forces.
Contents Dedication Contents List of Acronyms Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Insurgency and Terrorism as forms of Asymmetric Warfare Chapter 3: The War on Terrorism (WoT) Chapter 4: Dirty/nightmarish weapon platforms in WoT Chapter 5: The jurisprudence of new and unregulated weapons Chapter 6: The armed drone weapon platform Chapter 7: Drones in self-defence against terrorists Chapter 8: Drones, vanishing frontlines and the emergence of battlespace Chapter 9: Drones in International Humanitarian Law, IHL Chapter 10: Drones and ethics in WoT Chapter 11: Drones, WoT and the principle of chivalry Chapter 12: Drones, miniaturization, automation and accountability in WoT Chapter 13: Globalization, postmodernism and the WoT Chapter 14: To achieve a successful WoT Select bibliography Index