Kill chain - Andrew Cockburn

Kill Chain is the essential history of drone warfare, a
development in military technology that, as Andrew Cockburn
demonstrates, has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to
US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Cockburn follows
the links in a chain that stretches from the White House, through the
drone command center in Nevada, to the skies of Helmand Province.


The book reveals the powerful interests-military, CIA and corporate-that turned the Pentagon away from manned aircraft and boots on the
ground to killing by remote control. Cockburn uncovers the technological
breakthroughs, the revolution in military philosophy, and the
devastating collateral damage resulting from assassinations allegedly
targeted with pinpoint precision.

Vivid, powerful and chilling, Kill Chain draws on sources deep in the military and intelligence establishment to lay bare the failure of the modern American way of war.