TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walsh,James Igoe
ED  - Army War College (U.S.).
TI  - The effectiveness of drone strikes in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism campaigns
SN  - 1584875852
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Carlisle, PA
PB  - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
KW  - UAVs
KW  - USA
KW  - counterinsurgency
KW  - military strategy
KW  - terrorism
KW  - prevention
KW  - counterterrorism
N1  - "September 2013." ; SIP1311; Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-61); Introduction -- Why drones are different -- Drones and deterrence : three perspectives. Drones as selective violence -- Drone strikes and the resilience of insurgent organizations -- Drone strikes as indiscriminate violence -- Drones and counterinsurgency : what does the evidence tell us? Challenges in measuring drone strikes and insurgent activity -- Effects of drone strikes on insurgent activity -- Policy and strategy implications
N2  - The United States increasingly relies on unmanned aerial vehicles to target insurgent and terrorist groups around the world. This monograph analyzes the available research and evidence that assesses the political and military consequences of drone strikes. It is not clear if drone strikes have degraded their targets, or that they kill enough civilians to create sizable public backlashes against the United States. Drones are a politically and militarily attractive way to counter insurgents and terrorists, but, paradoxically, this may lead to their use in situations where they are less likely to be effective and where they are difficult to predict consequences
UR  - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1167
ER  -