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100 1 _aZulaika, Joseba,
245 1 0 _aHellfire from Paradise Ranch :
_bon the front lines of drone warfare /
_cJoseba Zulaika.
264 1 _aOakland, California :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c©2020.
300 _a289 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrologue : Slaughterhouse-359 -- The Real : Home of the Hunters -- Fantasy and the Art of Drone Assassination -- Drone Wars Returning from the Future -- Trauma : The Killer as Voyeur -- Resistance : A Harsh and Dreadful Love -- Epilogue.
520 _a"Hellfire from Paradise Ranch deals with drone warfare as manhunting carried out via satellite from Creech AFB near Las Vegas. It examines the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded, in addition to the trauma endured by drone operators when, due to their visual intimacy with their victims, that fantasy collapses. The book situates the resistance to drone killings in the same apocalyptic Nevada desert where nuclear testing, pacifist militancy, and Shoshone tradition overlap. The Epilogue, 'Obama's Troy,' dwells on the tragic error of a good president unable to resist the deceptions of the counterterror state"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aDrone aircraft
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_xPrevention.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aZulaika, Joseba.
_tHellfire from Paradise Ranch.
_dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
_z9780520974326
_w(DLC) 2019023481.
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