{"product_id":"drone-warrior-an-elite-soldiers-inside-account-of-the-hunt-for-americas-most-dangerous-enemies-isbn-9780062693914","title":"Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A must read for anyone who wants to understand the new American way of war.”  — General Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former special operations member takes us inside America’s covert drone war in this headline-making, never-before-told account for fans of \u003cem\u003eZero Dark Thirty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLone Survivor\u003c\/em\u003e, told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e writer and filled with eye-opening and sure to be controversial details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly a decade Brett Velicovich was at the center of America’s new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—to take down the world’s deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence—assets, analysts, spies, informants—and the military’s elite operatives, to stalk, capture, and eliminate high value targets in al-Qaeda and ISIS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable book, co-written with journalist Christopher S. Stewart, Velicovich offers unprecedented perspective on the remarkably complex nature of drone operations and the rigorous and wrenching decisions behind them. In intimate gripping detail, he shares insider, action-packed stories of the most coordinated, advanced, and secret missions that neutralized terrorists, preserved the lives of US and international warriors across the globe, and saved countless innocents in the hottest conflict zones today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrone Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e also chronicles the US military’s evolution in the past decade and the technology driving it. Velicovich considers the future it foretells, and speaks candidly on the physical and psychological toll it exacts, including the impact on his own life. He reminds us that while these machines can kill, they can also be used productively to improve and preserve life, including protecting endangered species, work he is engaged in today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining warfare classics such as \u003cem\u003eAmerican Sniper, Lone Survivor,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Easy Day,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDrone Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive account of our nation’s capacity and capability for war in the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGO INSIDE AMERICA’S SECRET DRONE WAR IN THIS HEADLINE-MAKING, NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD ACCOUNT FROM A FORMER DELTA FORCE INTELLIGENCE SOLDIER AND A PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly a decade, Brett Velicovich was at the center of America’s new generation of warfare: an arsenal of unmanned aerial vehicles—drones—taking down the world’s deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of the few elite members in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he and his small intelligence team worked in concert with the full human and technological network of America’s intelligence assets—analysts, spies, informants, and the military’s most elite and secretive operatives—to stalk, capture, and eliminate high-value targets in Al Qaeda and ISIS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow this decorated veteran, with journalist Christopher S. Stewart, tells his story in a remarkable book packed with more classified drone operations cleared for public release than any other account ever published, according to the U.S. government. \u003cem\u003eDrone Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unprecedented view into the remarkably complex nature of drone missions and the rigorous and wrenching on-the-ground decisions behind them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith intimate, gripping precision, he shares stories of the most coordinated, advanced, and secret missions that neutralized terrorists, preserved the lives of U.S. and international warriors across the globe, and saved countless innocents in the hottest conflict zones today, including the Middle East and Africa. Velicovich chronicles killing the first leaders of ISIS; tracking down the group’s current leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; and killing and capturing all but six of the twenty most wanted terrorists across Iraq in only three months. He also tells a heartbreaking story of saving an abducted Iraqi woman and using drones to find a group of the missing schoolgirls abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrone Warrior\u003c\/em\u003e also chronicles the U.S. military’s evolution in the past decade and the technology driving it. Velicovich considers the future it foretells, and speaks candidly on the physical and psychological toll it exacts, including the impact his missions had on his own life. 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