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050 0 4 _aUG1242
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100 1 _aZulaika, Joseba
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245 1 0 _aHellfire from Paradise Ranch
_bon the front lines of drone warfare
_cJoseba Zulaika
260 _aOakland, California
_bUniversity of California Press
_c2020.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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504 _a1 and index
505 0 0 _aPrologue : Slaughterhouse-359 --
_tThe Real : Home of the Hunters --
_tFantasy and the Art of Drone Assassination --
_tWars Returning from the Future --
_tTrauma : The Killer as Voyeur --
_tResistance : A Harsh and Dreadful Love --
_tEpilogue
520 0 _a"Hellfire from Paradise Ranch deals with drone warfare as manhunting carried out via satellite from Creech AFB near Las Vegas. It examines the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded, in addition to the trauma endured by drone operators when, due to their visual intimacy with their victims, that fantasy collapses. The book situates the resistance to drone killings in the same apocalyptic Nevada desert where nuclear testing, pacifist militancy, and Shoshone tradition overlap. The Epilogue, 'Obama's Troy, ' dwells on the tragic error of a good president unable to resist the deceptions of the counterterror state"--
_cProvided by publisher
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650 0 _aDrone aircraft
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_xPrevention.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2325173&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell