A history of drones: moral(e) bombing and state terrorism/ Afxentis Afxentiou
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Critical Studies on Terrorism Vol 11, No 2, August 2018, pp. 301-320 (112)Summary: This article argues that an historical investigation of air power makes possible the critique of current regimes of drone surveillance and bombing as a practice of state terrorism. By identifying certain key themes regularly used in terrorism studies for the classification of violence as "terrorism", this article shows that early air power theorists understood military aircraft as essentially instruments of terrorism.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | DRONES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 61132-1001 |
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This article argues that an historical investigation of air power makes possible the critique of current regimes of drone surveillance and bombing as a practice of state terrorism. By identifying certain key themes regularly used in terrorism studies for the classification of violence as "terrorism", this article shows that early air power theorists understood military aircraft as essentially instruments of terrorism.
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