SIGNED! New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2014. 1st edition. Sm 4to. 353pp. Illus. Signed by author on title page. Fine book. Fine dust jacket. From the library of political advisor and former Director of the CIA Robert James Woolsey Jr. (drone aircraft, aerospace industries) Inquire if you need further information.

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Title: Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0805099646
ISBN 13: 9780805099645
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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The untold story of the birth of the Predator drone, a wonder weapon that transformed the American military, reshaped modern warfare, and sparked a revolution in aviation

The creation of the first weapon in history whose operators can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe was far more than clever engineering. As Richard Whittle shows in Predator, it was one of the most profound developments in the history of military and aerospace technology.

Once considered fragile toys, drones were long thought to be of limited utility. The Predator itself was resisted at nearly every turn by the military establishment, but a few iconoclasts refused to see this new technology smothered at birth. The remarkable cast of characters responsible for developing the Predator includes a former Israeli inventor who turned his Los Angeles garage into a drone laboratory, two billionaire brothers marketing a futuristic weapon to help combat Communism, a pair of fighter pilots willing to buck their white-scarf fraternity, a cunning Pentagon operator nicknamed "Snake," and a secretive Air Force organization known as Big Safari. When an Air Force team unleashed the first lethal drone strikes in 2001 for the CIA, the military's view of drones changed nearly overnight.

Based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews, Predator reveals the dramatic inside story of the creation of a revolutionary weapon that forever changed the way we wage war and opened the door to a new age in aviation.

About the Author

Richard Whittle is author of The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey. A Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and 2013-14 Verville Fellow at the National Air and Space Museum, Whittle has covered the military for three decades, including twenty-two years as Pentagon correspondent for The Dallas Morning News. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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