Drone warfare and contemporary strategy making: Does the tail wag the dog?

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dc.citation.epage167en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1-3en_US
dc.citation.spage153en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber6en_US
dc.contributor.authorGurcan, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T11:03:44Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T11:03:44Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the traditional Clausewitzian view, political goals and policies determine the character of war, and consequently policy forms the frame in which military strategy is shaped. This paper questions whether current experience has undermined the subjugation of military technique to military strategy, and thus to policy. The example of armed drones suggests that new technique can change the nature of war, including political and ethical views of war. An earlier example of new technique - nuclear weapons - brought similarly broad changes. Against one-way determinist views of the power of new technique, I argue that the interaction of armed drones with strategy, culture and politics has barely begun. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17467586.2013.859284en_US
dc.identifier.issn17467586
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/26708
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2013.859284en_US
dc.source.titleDynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocideen_US
dc.subjectdrone warfareen_US
dc.subjectmilitary techniqueen_US
dc.subjectstrategyen_US
dc.titleDrone warfare and contemporary strategy making: Does the tail wag the dog?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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