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Killing machine :

(Number (ISBN

130643811X

(Number (ISBN

1595589430

(Number (ISBN

9781306438117

(Number (ISBN

9781595589439

Erroneous ISBN

159558918X

Erroneous ISBN

9781595589187

Title Proper

Killing machine :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the American presidency in the age of drone warfare /

First Statement of Responsibility

Lloyd C. Gardner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The New Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.

Text of Note

The dream candidate -- Afghanistan shortchanged -- A tale of two speeches -- On to Maja! -- The War of the Drones -- The meaning of two deaths -- A better war? -- American hubris -- The new normal?

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"With Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States' leadership role in the world. In this shattering new assessment, historian Lloyd C. Gardner argues that, despite cosmetic changes, Obama has simply built on the expanding power base of presidential power that reaches back across decades and through multiple administrations. The new president ended the "enhanced interrogation" policy of the Bush administration but did not abandon the concept of preemption. Obama withdrew from Iraq but has institutionalized drone warfare--including the White House's central role in selecting targets. What has come into view, Gardner argues, is the new face of American presidential power: high-tech, secretive, global, and lethal. Killing Machine skillfully narrates the draw-down in Iraq, the counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan, the rise of the use of drones, and targeted assassinations from al-Awlaki to Bin Laden--drawing from the words of key players in these actions as well as their major public critics. With unparalleled historical perspective, Gardner's book is the new touchstone for understanding not only the Obama administration but the American presidency itself"--

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OverDrive, Inc.

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F0CBDC00-7675-4E64-9213-1FE92B03F423

Title

Killing machine

International Standard Book Number

9781595589187

Obama, Barack.

Obama, Barack.

Afghan War, 2001-Aerial operations.

Drone aircraft-- Government policy-- United States.

Executive power-- United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011-- Aerial operations.

Targeted killing-- Government policy-- United States.

War and emergency powers-- United States.

Executive power.

HISTORY-- United States-- 21st Century.

Military operations, Aerial.

Military policy-- Moral and ethical aspects.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Executive Branch.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Leadership.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Affairs & Administration.

Politics and government.

War and emergency powers.

United States, Military policy, Moral and ethical aspects.

United States, Politics and government, 2009-2017.

Iraq.

United States.

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Gardner, Lloyd C.,1934-

Date of Transaction

20200823045029.0

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[Book]

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