Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1 Introduction: Why Study Drones? 1
4. Part 1: Approaches to the Study of Drone Warfare
5. 2 What Is Drone Warfare? 9
6. 3 Defining Drones 25
7. 4 Drones and International Law 41
8. 5 Drone Imaginaries 57
9. 6 A Gendering of Drones 69
10. 7 Critiquing Drone Warfare 87
11. Part 2: The First Drone Age
12. 8 What Is ‘The First Drone Age’? 107
13. 9 Drone Pilots: The Struggles of War by Remote Control 111
14. 10 The Post-9/11 Era: Drones and Just War Theory 125
15. 11 The CIA Drone Program 141
16. 12 Drones and Civilian Harm 159
17. 13 Drone Warfare and Public Opinion 177
18. 14 Living Under Drones 197
19. 15 The Media and Drone Warfare 215
20. Part 3: The Second Drone Age
21. 16 What is ‘The Second Drone Age’? 237
22. 17 The Islamic State Drone Program 243
23. 18 The Use of Drones in West Africa and the Sahel 255
24. 19 China’s Drone Diplomacy 267
25. 20 Russian Military Drones: Established and Emerging Technologies in Ukraine 285
26. 21 Europe’s Military Drone Problem 299
27. 22 Violent Nonstate Exploitation of Commercial Drones 313
28. 23 Game-Changing Drones? The Record from Libya to Ukraine 325
29. Part 4: A Third Drone Age? Concerns and Visions for the Future
30. Concerns
31. 24 Domestic Drones and Domestic Threat: Urban Life in the Drone Age 343
32. 25 Autonomous Drones 369
33. 26 Swarming Drones 385
34. 27 Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems 399
35. Visions
36. 28 The Diffusion of Drone Warfare – A Ten Year Review 421
37. 29 Drones: A Unique Danger to International Law 437
38. 30 Drone Proliferation and IR Theory: Visions for the Future 453
39. Contributors to this Volume 475
40. Index 485