Legitimacy and Drones

Unmanned combat air vehicles or in common parlance 'drones' have become a prominent instrument in US efforts to counter an objective (and subjective) cross-border terrorist threat with lethal force. As a result critical questions abound on the legitimacy of their use. In a series of multidisciplinary essays by scholars with an extensive knowledge of international norms this book explores the question of legitimacy through the conceptual lenses of <em>legality</em> <em>morality</em> and <em>efficacy</em> it then closes with the consideration of a policy proposal aimed at incorporating all three indispensable elements.