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020			_a9781584875857
040			_aAWC _dEWF _dSipr
041			_aeng
100	1		_aWalsh, James Igoe
245	1	4	_aThe effectiveness of drone strikes in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism campaigns / _cJames Igoe Walsh
260			_aCarlisle, PA : _bStrategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College _c2013
300			_axi, 61 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm
500			_a"September 2013." ; SIP1311
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 54-61).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aUAVs _zUSA
650		0	_acounterinsurgency _zUSA
650		0	_amilitary strategy _zUSA
651			_aUSA _xterrorism _xprevention
653		0	_acounterterrorism
710	2		_aArmy War College (U.S.). _bStrategic Studies Institute
852			_h355 _lWalsh
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1167
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