The Drone Revolution provides the first comprehensive look at how Ukraine is using drones to shape the nature of modern warfare. Nataliya Gumenyuk, a top journalist, shows how Ukraine's advantage lies not just in technology, but in a democratic social system that is able to innovate and prevail.--Francis Fukuyama
"It takes a country to fly a drone," writes Nataliya Gumenyuk. It takes a journalistic talent like her to help see people behind the drones--people who make them, people who operate them, people who are killed by them. If you want to understand how Russia's war in Ukraine is changing our world, you should read this book.--Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia
“A revolution in how we wage war - and defend peace - is happening right now in Ukraine that will change how we all understand conflict. Nataliya Gumenyuk takes us right to the front lines of the Drone Wars. But this is much more than a must read book on technology. It's a war reportage in the best traditions of Martha Gellhorn and Rebecca West, showing the people behind the machines with passion, humour and pain.--Peter Pomerantsev”
“Natalya Gumenyuk has understood not just the technical and military significance of the drone revolution in Ukraine, but its origins in the democratic culture of her country. Ukrainians knew they had to win an asymmetric war - and they also knew they could only do so through grassroots cooperation, with the help of the whole society.--Anne Applebaum”
“One of the world's leading war reporters delivers a powerful and persuasive analysis of the most important wars in the world. Under the pressure of a terrible invasion, society and technology meet and a new kind of self-defense is born. This is a book that has something new to say about our century.--Tim Snyder”
“With a wealth of riveting firsthand reported detail, the intrepid Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk tells the story of how the Ukrainians defended their country against all the odds and in the process revolutionised the way wars are fought. Beside warp speed technological innovation, and improvisation, this is above all the human story of the Ukrainians - with military code names like Poet, Lawyer, Magician and Mathematician, reflecting their pre-war lives - who made it happen.--Timothy Garton Ash, Oxford University, author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe”
