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Brian Glyn Williams succeeds in the near impossible task of providing both the most damming indictment of drones in modern warfare and a glowing endorsement of them. Never before has such a meticulous and indispensable history of drone warfare been presented. Predators is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to better understand the contentious lethal legacy of drones in America's Global War on Terrorism. --Matthew C. DuPEe, U.S. Department of Defense Analyst for South Asia--Matthew C. DuPee

Brian Glyn Williams succeeds in the near impossible task of providing both the most damming indictment of drones in modern warfare and a glowing endorsement of them. Never before has such a meticulous and indispensable history of drone warfare been presented. Predators is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to better understand the contentious lethal legacy of drones in America's Global War on Terrorism. --Matthew C. DuPee, U.S. Department of Defense Analyst for South Asia--Matthew C. DuPee

Predators: The CIA's Drone War on al Qaeda, the newest book by Dr. Brian Glyn Williams of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, treats the topic with the care it deserves. Over the course of the book's 11 chapters, Williams takes an even-handed approach, providing invaluable history and context to frame the arguments both in favor of and against current US drone policy. --Evan Kalikow, Small Wars Journal--Evan Kalikow Small Wars Journal Predators is recommended reading to those interested in how US counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan and elsewhere have affected civilian populations living in the targeted countries. Williams studies the impact of the missile strikes by US drones in remote regions of the world, in particular in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). --Ulrike Esther Franke, Parameters--Ulrike Esther Franke Parameters Finally a book that dispassionately shows the facts and impact on this new technology. A must read for anyone interested in the evolution of warfare. --Dr. Marc Sageman, former CIA field officer liaison to the Afghan mujahideen and author of Understanding Terrorist Networks--Dr. Marc Sageman Predators is an insightful and intriguing introduction to the new war against Al Qaeda. --Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institute, former CIA analyst and special assistant to President Obama on terrorism in Pakistan--Bruce Riedel Williams concedes collateral damage, but says drones are not clumsily killing mass numbers of civilians. In fact, the technology is getting smarter and smarter: The non-military fatality rate has plummeted since 2004 to the point where it's now close to zero. --Katharine Whittemore, Boston Globe--Katharine Whittemore Boston Globe

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BRIAN GLYN WILLIAMS earned his first master s at the Central Eurasian studies program at Indiana University and a second master s in Russian history and a PhD in Central Asian history from the University of Wisconsin. Among his published works are Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America s Longest War (2011) and the upcoming The Last Warlord: The Life and Legend of Dostum, the Afghan Warrior Who Led US Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime (2013). A tenured professor of Islamic history at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, he lives in Boston.

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