Bormann National Missile Defence and the politics of US identity

A poststructural critique
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-207-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

This book uncovers the controversial policies surrounding the strategy of national missile defence and provides an alternative, and arguably more inclusive, mode of interpretation of a strategy that is deeply embedded in performances of US identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bormann, Natalie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Moderne Kriegsführung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
Conclusion
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bormann Natalie:
Natalie Bormann currently teaches in the Department of Politics, Northeastern University, Boston. Prior to this she was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown UniversityNatalie Bormann currently teaches in the Department of Politics, Northeastern University, Boston. Prior to this she was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University