National missile defence and the politics of US identity : a poststructural critique / Natalie Bormann.

Why adopt a poststructural lens for the reading of the military strategy of national missile defence (NMD)? No doubt, when contemplating an attack on US territory by intercontinental ballistic missiles, consulting Michel Foucault and critical international relations theory scholars may not seem the...

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Main Author: Bormann, Natalie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave MacMillan, 2008.
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Summary:Why adopt a poststructural lens for the reading of the military strategy of national missile defence (NMD)? No doubt, when contemplating an attack on US territory by intercontinental ballistic missiles, consulting Michel Foucault and critical international relations theory scholars may not seem the obvious route to take. The answer to this lies in another question: why has there been so much interest and continuous investment in NMD deployment when there is such ambiguity surrounding the status of threat to which it responds, controversy over its technological feasibility and concern about its.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 176 pages)
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-170) and index.
ISBN:9781847792075
1847792073
1781701334
9781781701331
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