Military-Age Males in Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare

This thought-provoking book explores how the category of "military-age males" has been used to identify insurgent combatants in US military operations since September 11, 2001. The author highlights biases related to gender, age, religion, and race that have led to misinterpretations of the battlespace and contributed to the deterioration of civilian protection. The book also examines the links between counterinsurgency and drone warfare, and emerging concerns with algorithmic discrimination leading to the misidentification of civilians as combatants.