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Drones have become an essential part of U.S. national security strategy, but most Americans know little about how they are used, and we receive conflicting reports about their outcomes. The author provides here not only an overview of the role of drones in national security but also an important exploration of the ethical implications of drone warfare - from the impact on terrorist organizations and civilians to how piloting drones shapes soldiers. Targeted killings have played a role in politics from ancient times through today, so the ethical challenges around how to protect against threats are not new. The author leads readers through the ethics of targeted killings in history from ancient times to the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then looks specifically at the new issues raised through the use of drones.

TARGETED KILLING--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS --- TARGETED KILLING--GOVERNMENT POLICY--USA --- DRONE AIRCRAFT--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS --- DRONE AIRCRAFT--GOVERNMENT POLICY--USA

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Looking beyond the events of the second intifada and 9/11, this book reveals how targeted killing is intimately embedded in both Israeli and United States statecraft, and in the problematic relationship between sovereign authority and lawful violence underpinning the modern state system. It details the legal and political issues raised in targeted killing as it has emerged in practice, including questions of domestic constitutional authority, the use of force in international law, the law of belligerent occupation, the law of targeting and human rights law. The distinctive nature of Israeli and United States targeted killing is analysed in terms of the compulsion of legality characteristic of liberal constitutionalism, a compulsion that demands the ability to distinguish between legal 'targeted killing' and extra-legal 'political assassination'. The effect is a highly legalised framework for the extraterritorial killing of designated terrorists that may significantly affect the international law of force.

Targeted killing --- Reprisals --- Intervention (International law) --- International criminal law --- Terrorism --- Preemptive attack (Military science) --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Prevention --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Targeted killing (International law) --- International law --- Targeted killing - Moral and ethical aspects --- Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy --- Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation --- Reprisals. --- International criminal law. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Government policy. --- Law and legislation. --- Anticipatory self-defense (Military science) --- Preemption (Military science) --- Preemptive strikes (Military science) --- Preemptive warfare --- Military art and science --- Strategy --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Military intervention --- Diplomacy --- Neutrality --- Counter measures (International law) --- Countermeasures (International law) --- Embargo --- War, Maritime (International law) --- Preemptive killing --- State-sponsored killing --- Homicide