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Phelps, Wayne.
Combat -- Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Military.
Drone aircraft pilots -- Psychology.
Drone aircraft -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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On killing remotely : the psychology of killing with drones / Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Phelps.
by
Phelps, Wayne.
Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Call #:
356
.162
P541o
Subjects
Combat -- Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Military.
Drone aircraft pilots -- Psychology.
Drone aircraft -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN:
9780316628297 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xviii, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and index.
Summary:
"Remotely piloted aircraft, aka drones -- used initially for surveillance and now, increasingly, as precisely targeted weapons -- have revolutionized how nations throughout the world protect and defend their citizens. Anyone joining the U.S. Air Force today is more likely to be trained as an RPA crew member than to pilot a traditional airplane. Twenty-five years ago the book "On killing" opened our eyes to the innate human resistance to taking another person's life and the specific military training that can effectively counter this inhibition when warranted. Now "On killing remotely" expands on that landmark work to encompass the high-tech weaponry of the twenty-first century. At the heart of this book are the men and women who control weaponized drones. Among them are members of every branch of the U.S. military. Typically, they work at a domestic military base and spend long shifts stalking a target seven thousand miles away -- observing for days and sometimes months as the target goes about his daily routine, interacts with family and neighbors -- and then they kill. For many this experience can be intimate and intense. And when the shift is over, they commute home, often in time to catch a child's soccer game or dance recital. Theirs in s new kind of servide, widely misperceived as risk-free and tantamount to playing a video game. This groundbreaking book reveals the repercussions. Exploring the ethics of remote military engagement, the misconceptions about PTSD among RPA operators, and the specter of military weaponry controlled by robots, "On killing remotely" 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." --Jacket.
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