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OverviewIn this intimate and innovative work, terror expert Joseba Zulaika examines drone warfare as manhunting carried out via satellite. Using Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas as his center of study, he interviews drone operators as well as resisters to the war economy of the region to expose the layers of fantasy on which counterterrorism and its self-sustaining logic are grounded. Hellfire from Paradise Ranch exposes the terror and warfare of drone killings that dominate our modern military. It unveils the trauma drone operators experience, in part due to their visual intimacy with their victims, and explores the resistance to drone killings in the same apocalyptic Nevada desert where nuclear testing, pacifist militancy, and Shoshone tradition overlap. Stunning and absorbing, Zulaika offers a richly detailed account of how we continue to manufacture, deconstruct, and perpetuate terror. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joseba ZulaikaPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780520329744ISBN 10: 0520329740 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 16 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPrologue: Slaughterhouse-359 1. The Real: Home of the Hunters 2. Fantasy and the Art of Drone Assassination 3. Drone Wars Returning from the Future 4. Trauma: The Killer as Voyeur 5. Resistance: A Harsh and Dreadful Love Epilogue: Obama's Troy: Kill Me a Son Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJoseba Zulaika received his licentiate in philosophy from the University of Deusto, Spain, in 1975, his M.A. in social anthropology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, in 1977 and his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton in 1982. He has taught at the University of the Basque Country, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at the University of Nevada, Reno, since 1990, where he is currently affiliated as a researcher with the Basque Studies program. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |