Drone Wars

Peter L. Bergen is a print, television, and web journalist; documentary producer; think tank director; and the author of four books about al-Qaeda, three of which were New York Times best sellers and three of which were named among the nonfiction books of the year by the Washington Post. He is the director of the national security program at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC; a Fellow at Fordham University's Center on National Security; and CNN's national security analyst. Daniel Rothenberg is Professor of Practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies and the Lincoln Fellow for Ethics and International Human Rights Law at Arizona State University. He was also the founding executive director of the Center for Law and Global Affairs at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. From 2004 to 2010, he designed and managed human rights and rule-of-law projects in Afghanistan and Iraq. Rothenberg is the author and editor of several books and a frequent contributor on issues of international law, conflict, and global politics.

• Part I. Drones on the Ground: 1. My guards absolutely feared drones: reflections on being held captive for seven months by the Taliban David Rohde; 2. The decade of the drone: analyzing CIA drone attacks, casualties, and policy Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland; 3. Just trust us: the need to know more about the civilian impact of US drone strikes Sarah Holewinski; 4. The boundaries of war?: Assessing the impact of drone strikes in Yemen Christopher Swift; 5. What do Pakistanis really think about drones? Saba Imtiaz; Part II. Drones and the Laws of War: 6. It is war at a very intimate level USAF pilot; 7. This is not war by machine Charles Blanchard; 8. Regulating drones: are targeted killings by drones outside traditional battlefields legal? William Banks; 9. A move within the shadows: will JSOC's control of drones improve policy? Naureen Shah; 10. Defending the drones: Harold Koh and the evolution of US policy Tara McKelvey; Part III. Drones and Policy Challenges: 11. 'Bring on the magic': using drones in combat Michael Waltz; 12. The five deadly flaws of talking about emerging military technologies and the need for new approaches to law, ethics, and war P. W. Singer; 13. Drones and cognitive dissonance Rosa Brooks; 14. Predator effect: a phenomenon unique to the war on terror Meg Braun; 15. Disciplining drone strikes: just war in the context of counterterrorism David True; 16. World of drones: the global proliferation of drone technology Peter Bergen and Jennifer Rowland; Part IV. Drones and the Future of Warfare: 17. No one feels safe Adam Khan; 18. 'Drones' now and what to expect over the next ten years Werner Dahm; 19. From Orville Wright to September 11: what the history of drone technology says about the future Konstantin Kakaes; 20. Drones and the dilemma of modern warfare Richard Pildes and Samuel Issacharoff; 21. How to manage drones, transformative technologies, the evolving nature of conflict and the inadequacy of current systems of law Brad Allenby; 22. Drones and the emergence of data-driven warfare Daniel Rothenberg.

'An essential anthology delving into the raging debate over the use of drones in the endless war on terror, covering all the angles - political, legal, moral, military - with impressive scope and judicious balance.' Fred Kaplan, author of The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War