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020 $a9781595589187 (hardback)
020 $a9781595589439 (pbk.)
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100 1 $aGardner, Lloyd C.,$d1934-
245 10 $aKilling machine :$bthe American presidency in the age of drone warfare /$cLloyd C. Gardner.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThe New Press,$c2013.
300 $axiii, 289 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"With Obama's election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States' leadership role in the world. In this shattering new assessment, historian Lloyd C. Gardner argues that, despite cosmetic changes, Obama has simply built on the expanding power base of presidential power that reaches back across decades and through multiple administrations. The new president ended the "enhanced interrogation" policy of the Bush administration but did not abandon the concept of preemption. Obama withdrew from Iraq but has institutionalized drone warfare--including the White House's central role in selecting targets. What has come into view, Gardner argues, is the new face of American presidential power: high-tech, secretive, global, and lethal. Killing Machine skillfully narrates the drawdown in Iraq, the counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan, the rise of the use of drones, and targeted assassinations from al-Awlaki to Bin Laden--drawing from the words of key players in these actions as well as their major public critics. With unparalleled historical perspective, Gardner's book is the new touchstone for understanding not only the Obama administration but the American presidency itself"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe dream candidate -- Afghanistan shortchanged -- A tale of two speeches -- On to Maja! -- The War of the Drones -- The meaning of two deaths -- A better war? -- American hubris -- The new normal?
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-$xAerial operations.
650 0 $aExecutive power$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWar and emergency powers$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDrone aircraft$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTargeted killing$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy$xMoral and ethical aspects.
600 10 $aObama, Barack.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009-
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xAerial operations.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 21st Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership.$2bisacsh
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