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020			_a9783031477324 _c(paperback)
040			_ceng _dAU
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050			_aJZ5587 2025
100			_4OKPALEKE, FRANCIS N
111			_d©2025
245			_aDRONES AND US GRAND STRATEGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
260			_aCham : Palgrave Macmillan,
300			_a287 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
520			_aThis book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large."-- Provided by publisher.
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