Drone Warfare
- 246 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Groundbreaking expose of the dramatic shift to robot warfare, by a leading antiwar activist
Medea Benjamin Books
This author delves deeply into themes of global justice and ethical trade practices, drawing from extensive experience as an economist and nutritionist working with international organizations in Latin America and Africa. Her work scrutinizes the impacts of corporate globalization, advocating for fairer alternatives. Through her writings, she seeks to illuminate the complex economic and social issues affecting global communities, championing justice and sustainability.
Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated. Yes, Russia's aggression was reckless and, ultimately, indefensible. But the West's reneging on promises to halt eastward expansion of NATO in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union played a major part in prompting Putin to act. So did the U.S. involvement in the 2014 Ukraine coup and Ukraine's failure to implement the Minsk peace agreements. The result is a conflict that is increasingly difficult to resolve, one that could conceivably escalate into all-out war between the United States and Russia--the world's two leading nuclear powers. Skillfully bringing together the historical record and current analysis, War In Ukraine looks at the events leading up to the conflict, surveys the different parties involved, and weighs the risks of escalation and opportunities for peace. For anyone who wants to get beneath the heavily propagandized media coverage to an understanding of a war with consequences that could prove cataclysmic, reading this timely book will be an urgent necessity.