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3%OFFMatthew Breay Bolton - Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing - 9781780761589 - V9781780761589
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Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing

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Description for Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 134. .
Thousands of people around the world are maimed and killed by landmines and unexploded ammunition every year. International law classifies landmines as 'evil in themselves', but minefields are expressions of 'political minefields' that create them and allow them to persist. In this travelogue through Iraq, Laos, Cambodia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sudan, South Sudan and New York City, we follow Matthew Bolton's quest for solutions to the landmine crisis and emerging autonomous weapons. Throughout his journey we meet deminers, paramilitaries, journalists, mercenaries, diplomats, aid workers, and campaigners working in and around the minefields. It is a must-read for those working to alleviate ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Publication date
2020
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780761589
SKU
V9781780761589
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About Matthew Breay Bolton
Matthew Breay Bolton is associate professor of political science at Pace University in New York City. He has participated in the global campaigns on landmines, cluster munitions, killer robots and the arms trade. Since 2014, Bolton has worked on the UN and New York City advocacy of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), recipient of the 2017 Nobel ... Read more

Reviews for Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing
Matthew Bolton documents his experience working in humanitarian fieldwork, diplomatic settings, and academia. He approaches efforts to eradicate landmines and tackle other problematic weapons through the inclusive lens of human security as opposed to more narrowly focused national security concerns. Bolton examines the “depersonalization of killing” that has accompanied the use of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones and flags the ... Read more

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