Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Sarah Kreps

Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy.

In the last several years, many of the military advancements have been rivaled by those in the commercial realm. Civilian industries have clamored to acquire drones for everything from monitoring crops to filming Hollywood movies to delivering packages. Not surprisingly, the use of drones has generated a lively debate, but no book thus far has engaged the range of themes surrounding drones. How do drones work? To what extent has the technology proliferated to other nations outside the US? How can they be used on the ground and in maritime environments? How are they being integrated into both military and civilian life?

In What Everyone Needs to Know , the international relations scholar (and former air force officer) Sarah E. Kreps provides a concise synthesis of the topic. The book explains how they and the systems associated with them work, how they are being used today, and what will become of the technology in the future. What readers need now is a more practical guide to how this technology is reshaping both military and civilian life; this book is that guide. The drone revolution has already changed warfare, and will soon become a commonplace tool in a civilian context too. It is clear that drone technology is here to stay. What Everyone Needs to Know explains how the revolution happened, what its current contours are, and where we might be headed next.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published March 31, 2016

About the author

Sarah Kreps is an Associate Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University. She is also a Faculty Fellow in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity at the Cornell Tech Campus in New York City. In 2017-2018, she was an Adjunct Scholar at the Modern War Institute (West Point). She has a BA from Harvard, MSc from Oxford, and PhD from Georgetown.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought drones was an interesting book to read. One of the things it made me think about was the use of drones in other countries. I had never thought about that before. I thought that was interesting. I also liked the chapter about other types of drones. Like ground drones or sea drones. I have never given those much thought.

I have never flown a drone and don't own a drone. Though I do want to own a drone. I have never given the privacy concerns about the use of drones much thought.

Probable my only thoughts about drones where that I want to fly a drone. So Drones gave me some things to think about.

I wish I remembered more of the information in books I read. I wish I could remember every word. I try my best and that is all I can do.

So I thought Drones was an OK book. I am more interested in how to build drones than in drone policy. Though I think it was worth the time to read Drones.

[Iggy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Więcej o polityce dronowej niż o technologii ale ujdzie dla laików na start