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The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program Hardcover – May 3, 2016

by Jeremy Scahill (Author), The Staff of The Intercept (Author)

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Major revelations about the US government’s drone program—bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and his colleagues at the investigative website The Intercept expose stunning new details about America’s secret assassination policy.

When the US government discusses drone strikes publicly, it offers assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to troops on the ground and are authorized only when an “imminent” threat is present and there is “near certainty” that the intended target will be killed. The implicit message on drone strikes from the Obama administration has been trust, but don’t verify.

The online magazine The Intercept exploded this secrecy when it obtained a cache of secret slides that provide a window into the inner workings of the US military’s kill/capture operations in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Whether through the use of drones, night raids, or new platforms yet to be employed, these documents show assassination to be central to US counterterrorism policy.

The classified documents reveal that Washington’s fourteen-year targeted killing campaign suffers from an overreliance on flawed signals intelligence, an apparently incalculable civilian toll, and an inability to extract potentially valuable intelligence from terror suspects. This campaign, carried out by two presidents through four presidential terms, has been deliberately obscured from the public and insulated from democratic debate. The Assassination Complex allows us to understand at last the circumstances under which the US government grants itself the right to sentence individuals to death without the established checks and balances of arrest, trial, and appeal.

The book will include original contributions from Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden.

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Simon & Schuster
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May 3, 2016
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6 x 1 x 9 inches
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1501144138
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978-1501144134
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"A searing indictment of the U.S. drone program." Author: Lawrence D. Freedman Source: Foreign Affairs

"Readers will be left in no doubt that drone warfare affronts morality and the Constitution. . . . Convincing and damning." Source: Kirkus Reviews

"A searing, facts-driven indictment of America’s drone wars and their implications for U.S. democracy and foreign policy. A must-read for concerned citizens." Source: Library Journal (starred review)

About the Author

Jeremy Scahill is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestselling books Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield and Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and Democracy Now! and was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award. Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film Dirty Wars, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Edition (May 3, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1501144138
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1501144134
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #704,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #299 in Military Policy (Books)
- #989 in Conventional Weapons & Warfare History (Books)
- #1,484 in Terrorism (Books)

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Judith Kelsey-Powell

Important critique of Obama's drone program

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016

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For those who have followed the work of Scahill, Greenwald and others through media outlets like Democracy Now, much that is reported in this book will be familiar. Nevertheless it is very helpful to have the entire case laid out clearly with supporting documents in one place. It is crucial reading for all Americans as we continue to wrestle with the legal principles which should govern the technology of modern warfare.

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Esti Marpet

Jeremy Scahill is one of the best investigative journalist we have

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2016

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Jeremy Scahill is one of the best investigative journalist we have. He has been relentless exposing reality on the ground and the consequences of our misguided policy of assassinations by drones or other means. This book is a must read for anyone who cares to gain information behind the conventional media coverage or pentagon talking points. See his film Dirty Wars -It's heartbreaking- and read his book on Blackwater.

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Hilary

Great gift, flooring book. So detailed and loved the photo evidence.

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2019

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Woooow.. just WOW. Sooo much we don’t know about what our government does! So appreciative of this book. Bought all the copies at the bookstore by me that I had to get one on here. Great gift if you want your friends/family to know the truth.

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Janet M Hanson

Scahill's writing continues to get more compact and yet does ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2017

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Scahill's writing continues to get more compact and yet does not lose the ability to tell a story about how American policy touches people in far away lands that, through Scahill's eyes, we come to care about.

Also exposes a grotesque expansion of military "mission" that is doomed to blow back on us.

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SLOANE FRENCH

There is no one like Scahill to connect the dots

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2016

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There is no one like Scahill to connect the dots; to do research and interview folks who have not otherwise spoken. He assembles narratives that either flesh out the official story or counter it. Scahill is very bright, thorough, provocative, and a rock solid journalist who learned from the likes of Amy Goodman on WBAI. This book is not as long or as substantive Blackwater, but I was happy to read again Scahill.

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Ray Buckridge

Real, uncompromising journalism.

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016

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A great book put together by people with integrity. It's great to see journalists actually doing their jobs. No matter what side of the political fence you are sitting on, this book can burst your bubble as fast as a drone strike. The details of emerging surveillance tech the book describes is very disturbing, but a good read anyway.

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KG

A great read that stimulates what our "War on Terror" has ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017

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This was my first time reading work of Jeremy Scahill, and I wish I found him sooner. The book details something not covered much by the media, but is key to understanding another layer of the quagmire that is United States interventionism and "nation building" in the Middle East. Drone strikes are a tool while targeted killing is the policy. The tone of how the evidence is presented in this book isn't so anti-American, rather a call to action for transparency in our highest levels of government. This wouldn't be so much of a story if more than a fraction of Americans knew full extent the protocol and controversy surrounding our drone program. A great read that stimulates what our "War on Terror" has evolved into.

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Chase

The real Truth on the Use of Drones

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2016

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The real truth about the United States and it's drone war. What is described in this book, you won't see on any cable news network. Proven is the fact this policy is wrong and causes many more problems than it solves.

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David

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2019

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Excellent book on the US military and CIA's use of drones. This book was invaluable to me in one of my Master's exams as I was able to incorporate an exampke Scahill details in this book to highlight the civilian body counts that can be attributed to supposed 'precision' strikes

Joe Glenton

Brilliant, critical and timely book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2016

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Brilliant, critical and timely book. Debunks a whole range of government claims, not least that drones are uniquely precise and cause less collateral damage than other forms of kinetic military action.

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Brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2017

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Scahill delivers every time. Fascinating exposition of the US's drone program's inner workings.

PAUL CUNNINGHAM

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2017

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EXCELLENT BOOK! WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE!

Rupinder Sayal

A damning account of USA's killing machinery

Reviewed in India on September 10, 2016

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A shocking (almost a cliche now) expose of the new US policy of executing "suspected" terrorists by drone strikes. This book is actually a compilation of articles published on the website of "The Intercept", a news organization co-founded by the author, as well as some new material.

BTW, Jeremy Scahill's last book "Dirty Wars" won many prestigious awards, and was made into a documentary which was nominated for an Academy Award, in case you were wondering about his credentials.

I think fairly everyone knows that US has used drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for killing suspected operatives of various terrorist outfits, but this book really goes deep into the devilish details. Some of the aspects highlighted are: legal issues, human rights, civil liberties, international relations, and last but not the least, the technology and its fallibility.

It is ironic that this book reads like one of Hollywood's terrorism-themed thrillers, except that it is all factual, and amply supported by leaked materials, FOIA-requested documents and news reports from many independent news outlets and civil rights/transparency organizations.

Summing up, this is a really important book about so many current issues at stake. Prepare yourself to be blown away by facts which will make you question your political affiliations and news sources.

This book definitely deserves a much, much wider readership.

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