{"product_id":"kill-box-military-drone-systems-and-cultural-production-hardcover","title":"Kill Box: Military Drone Systems and Cultural Production - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrone warfare represents one of the most pressing moral and political problems of contemporary military ethics. Since the beginning of the American drone program in the late twentieth century, drone technologies have been used to conduct remote extrajudicial assassinations, to violate national sovereignty, and to conduct intrusive surveillance in contravention of international human rights norms, among other controversial uses. Today, military drones are used by dozens of military forces. As such, these technologies pose urgent questions which problematize well-established ways of thinking about central aspects of the ethics of warfare, such as justice, sovereignty, battlefield trauma, the political and physical limits of conflict, and, perhaps most prominently of all, the legitimacy of military violence. Though some of these concerns are well-worn, their central role in - and reconfiguration by - drone warfare means that they deserve serious reconsideration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill Box\u003c\/i\u003e investigates this urgent conceptual territory through readings of the popular cultural productions that have emerged as a part of these debates, and reveals the ways in which narrative texts have been an integral part of the framing of these political and philosophical conversations. Examining well-known single-issue drone texts, such as \u003ci\u003eEye in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Drone Eats with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, alongside lesser known texts, such as pulp novels, genre sci-fi, and Netflix thrillers, this new book shows us the surprisingly versatile and elastic ways in which drone discourse continues to be co-constituted by narrative entertainment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Adams is an independent scholar based in the UK with a PhD from Newcastle University School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics. They are author of \u003ci\u003eDeath TV: Drone Warfare in Contemporary Popular Culture;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePolitical Torture in Popular Culture: The Role of Representations in the Post-9\/11 Torture Debate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67619549282406,"sku":"9781538189825","price":167.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/3OrK8bJaYu9781538189825.webp?v=1791010315","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/kill-box-military-drone-systems-and-cultural-production-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}