The rise of the drones: from The Great War to Gaza
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2014
Authors
Hill, John
Rogers, Ann
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Pilotless military aircraft seem the stuff of science fiction, but the extensive use of drones in the US’s war on terror and during Israel’s actions in Gaza has roots in World War I weaponry and Cold War spying tools. What difference, John Hill and Ann Rogers ask, do drones make?