Drones and Us Grand Strategy in the Contemporary World

by Francis N. Okpaleke

This book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031477294
• ISBN13: 9783031477294
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"