Justifying Ballistic Missile Defence
«'Extensively researched, erudite and highly readable - an admirable mix! This is a truly significant contribution to the field of Critical Security Studies and the discipline of International Relations.' David Mutimer, York University, Toronto»
Technology is championed as the solution to modern security problems, but also blamed as their cause. This book assesses the way in which these two views collide in the debate over ballistic missile defence: a complex, costly and controversial system intended to defend the United States from nuclear missile attacks. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780521113298
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Extensively researched, erudite and highly readable - an admirable mix! This is a truly significant contribution to the field of Critical Security Studies and the discipline of International Relations.' David Mutimer, York University, Toronto»
«'Despite the already vast literature on ballistic missile defence, Columba Peoples's book, winner of the British International Studies Association (BISA) International Studies PhD thesis prize in 2007, is a welcome and important addition to our understanding of why ballistic missile defence continues to escape the perceived confines and limitations of its costly, complex and contentious nature. … this book marks an important step forward in our understanding of the American infatuation with ballistic missile defence, and provides a highly readable example of how critical theories of security can aid and abet our understanding of policies and phenomena that might otherwise continue to baffle us.' International Affairs»