drones text by JOHN JEFFERSON SELVE Théorie du Drone (Theory of the Drone) by Grégoire Chamayou and Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill are essential reading in order to better understand the art of war today. Both follow the evolution of technology and of military drones themselves. Our planet is becoming — at the height of its technological prowess — a human hunting ground. The art of war no longer exists the way Clausewitz imagined it: a fundamental structure involving the ideas of the duel, of confrontation; the concepts of sacrifice and heroism no longer apply. This is, in fact, the clinching argument for those who defend the use of drones. This postulate of “post-heroism” is not exempt from criticism, even inside the U.S. Army; Air Force pilots apparently do not appreciate the questioning of the military ethos provoked by the systematic use of drones and the very idea of war. The…