On Killing Remotely: The Psychology of Killing with Drones,Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Phelps

-About his book

Throughout history society has determined specific rules of engagement between adversaries in armed conflict.  With advances in technology, from armor to in the Middle Ages to nerve gas in World War I to weapons of mass destruction in our own time, the rules have constantly evolved.  Today, when killing the enemy can seem palpably risk-free and tantamount to playing a violent video game, what constitutes warfare?  What is the effect of remote combat on individual soldiers?  And what are the unforeseen repercussions that could affect us all?

 Lt Col Wayne Phelps, former commander of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft unit, addresses these questions and many others as he tells the story of the men and women of today’s “chair force.”  Exploring the ethics of remote military engagement, the misconceptions about PTSD among RPA operators, and the specter of military weaponry controlled by robots, his book is an urgent and compelling reminder that it should always be difficult to kill another human being lest we risk losing what makes us human.

-Contents

introduction
Section I: Understanding Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Chapter One: The Evolution of Killing from a Distance
Chapter Two: An Insatiable Appetite: Rise of the Robots
Chapter Three: The Machines
Chapter Four: The People
Chapter Five: The Missions
Chapter Six: The Methods
Section II: A Spectrum of Responses to Killing with RPAs
Chapter One: How Do We Kill with RPAs?
Chapter Two: How Do We Respond to Killing Remotely?
Chapter Three: Who Is Most Affected by Killing Remotely?: The Demographics
Section III: All Topics Considered
Chapter One: Are We at War?
Chapter Two: RPA and the Warrior Ethos
Chapter Three: Dehumanizing the Enemy Versus Intimacy with the Target
Chapter Four: Distance from the Target
Chapter Five: Sleep and Mental Armor
Chapter Six: Demands of Authority: Everyone’s in the Cockpit
Chapter Seven: Group Absolution: Killing as a Crew
Chapter Eight: Target Attractiveness
Section IV: Barriers, Help, and the Future
Chapter One: The Video Game Comparison
Chapter Two: Culture
Chapter Three: A Toolbox of Best Practices
Chapter Four: Where Do We Go from Here?: Future Killer Robots
Bibliography

-Caractéristiques

Date de parution:8 juin 2021

Éditeur ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company

Langue ‏ : ‎ Anglais

N.Bde pages :‎ 368 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316628298

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316628297

Poids de l’article ‏ : ‎ 410 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.26 x 3.81 x 24.26 cm