National missile defence and the politics of US identity [[electronic resource] ] : a poststructural critique / / Natalie Bormann

• Autore: Bormann Natalie
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press; New York, : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave MacMillan, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 358.1/740973
• Soggetto topico: Ballistic missile defenses - United States; Nationalism - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Defenses; United States Politics and government; United States Foreign relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-170) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: National missile defence and the politics of US identity
• ISBN: 1-78170-133-4; 1-84779-207-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465657703321
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