See It/Shoot It
The Secret History of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20009717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C J Fuller (0000-0002-9162-6839, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 352 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | See it/shoot it (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Yale University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.12987/yale/9780300218541.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4238637375 |
| Open Library | OL26932115M |
| ISBN | 9780300218541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This book is an illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations. The book uncovers the history of the most important instrument of U.S. counterterrorism today: the armed drone. It reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the CIA's covert drone program is not a product of 9/11. Rather, it is the result of U.S. counterterrorism practices extending back to an influential group of policy makers in the Reagan administration. Tracing the evolution of counterterrorism policy and drone technology from the fallout of Iran-Contra and the CIA's “Eagle Program” prototype in the mid-1980s to the emergence of al-Qaeda, the book shows how George W. Bush and Barack Obama built upon or discarded strategies from the Reagan and Clinton eras as they responded to changes in the partisan environment, the perceived level of threat, and technological advances. Examining a range of counterterrorism strategies, the book reveals why the CIA's drones became the United States' preferred tool for pursuing the decades-old goal of preemptively targeting anti-American terrorists around the world
Administration (probate law) · Al qaeda · Covert · Drone · George (robot) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reagan administration · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · central intelligence agency · Drohne · Drone aircraft · Prävention · Prevention · Terrorism, prevention · Terrorismus · united states · United States. Central Intelligence Agency · USA · USA Central Intelligence Agency
Death by Reinterpretation
Reluctant innovators? Inter-organizational conflict and the U.S.A.’s route to becoming a drone power
CIA/SOF convergence and congressional oversight
The portrayal of drones in terrorist propaganda
Remote killing? Remoteness, covertness, and the US government’s involvement in assassination
The Language We Use Matters”
Drones, Afghanistan, and beyond
Health and security
Norm transformation and the institutionalization of targeted killing in the US
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |