The Assassination Complex. Inside the Us Government's Secret Drone Warfare Programme

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: First Edition

Description: 234 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this shocking expose of the US governments drone programme, bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about the secret assassination policy being carried out by America and her allies.When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to troops on the ground and are authorised only when an imminent threat is present and there is near certainty that the intended target will be killed. The implicit message on drone strikes from the Obama administration has been trust, but dont verify.The online magazine The Intercept exploded this secrecy when it obtained an extraordinary cache of secret documents, the most shocking of which are included in this book, that reveal how Washingtons fourteen-year targeted killing campaign suffers from an overreliance on flawed intelligence, an apparently incalculable civilian toll, and an inability to extract potentially valuable intelligence from terror suspects.The Assassination Complex is a vital, urgent book which allows us to understand at last the circumstances under which the US government and her allies have granted themselves the right to sentence individuals to death without the established checks and balances of arrest, trial, and appeal.

ISBN: 9781781257722