CRONIN Audrey Kurth Why drones fail: when tactics drive strategy/ Audrey Kurth Cronin - 2013 In this article, the author argues that drones are not helping to defeat al Qaeda and may be creating sworn enemies out of a sea of local insurgents. Embracing them as the centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism would be a mistake. Subjects--Topical Terms: UNITED STATES--AL QAEDA--COUNTERTERRORISM