03587nam 2200805 a 450 991079194640332120230120051157.01-78170-133-41-84779-207-310.7765/9781847792075(CKB)2560000000085805(EBL)1069577(OCoLC)818847300(SSID)ssj0000712814(PQKBManifestationID)12249040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712814(PQKBWorkID)10651420(PQKB)10034651(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085715(OCoLC)990186399(MdBmJHUP)muse78008(Au-PeEL)EBL1069577(CaPaEBR)ebr10623332(CaONFJC)MIL843509(MiAaPQ)EBC1069577(MiAaPQ)EBC1991224(DE-B1597)659155(DE-B1597)9781847792075(EXLCZ)99256000000008580520090123d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNational missile defence and the politics of US identity a poststructural critique /Natalie BormannManchester Manchester University Press ;New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave MacMillan20081 online resource (ix, 176 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-7470-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-170) and index.9780719074707; 9780719074707; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: national missile defence (NMD) and IR; 1 Michel Foucault and NMD; 2 Revisiting missile defence; 3 NMD: issues and debates; 4 NMD and foreign policy discourse; 5 NMD and 'regimes of truth'; 6 NMD and the 'everyday'; 7 Reflections on NMD and identity; Bibliography; IndexWhy 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 itsNational missile defense and the politics of US identityBallistic missile defensesUnited StatesNationalismUnited StatesUnited StatesDefensesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesForeign relationsMichel Foucault.NMD.conventional threat predictions.decision-making processes.intercontinental ballistic missiles.international relations theory.military strategy.national missile defence.strategic feasibility studies.worst-case scenarios.Ballistic missile defensesNationalism358.1/740973Bormann Natalie1056585MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791946403321National missile defence and the politics of US identity3868067UNINA