We kill because we can: from soldiering to assassination in the drone age
Introduction. - Part I: Find. - 1. Drone Nation. - 2. From Black Ops to Standard Operating Procedure. - 3. The Logic of Targeted Killing. - 4. Lethal Creep. - Part II: Fix. - 5. Strike First, Suppress Questions Later. - 6. The New Banality of Killing. - 7. The Operators. - 8. From Conscience to Oblivion. - Part III: Finish. - 9. Death and Politics. - 10. Death and Taxes. - 11. The Death of Military Virtue. - 12. Tyrants Are as Tyrants Do. - Conclusion. - Appendix: Drone Killing and Just War Theory