Labour's Ballistic Missile Defence Policy 1997-2010

A Strategic Relational Analysis
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-28928-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 339 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern British History

This book uses the ‘strategic-relational approach’ to explain how the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown integrated the United Kingdom into the US ballistic missile defence system in order to maintain national security and to uphold the ‘special relationship’ while at the same time recognising that voters were in general opposed to missile defence.

Labour’s Ballistic Missile Defence Policy 1997–2010 examines how the Labour administration was tasked with navigating a domestic political environment in which they had to appear tough on defence in general in order to appeal to a broader range of the electorate while recognising that voters were opposed to missile defence in particular. This book seeks to answer the question of why the centre-left government of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, elected on a mandate of multi-lateralism in international relations and espousing an ‘ethical dimension’ to foreign policy, committed the United Kingdom to US ballistic missile defence – an internationally divisive military project associated with the US Republican Party and George W. Bush in particular.

This book is essential for students and researchers interested in British military history, international relations, strategic studies, British politics, Labour politics and political theory.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simpkin, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Strategic-Relational Approach 2. Strategic and Technical Aspects of BMD 3. Labour’s BMD Policy in the First Parliament (1997-2001) 4. Labour’s BMD Policy in the Second Parliament (2001-2005) 5. Labour’s BMD policy in the Third Parliament (2005-2010)

Über Autor(innen)

Dr James Simpkin is a tutor at Craven College, North Yorkshire. He gained his PhD from the University of Leeds in 2021. His research interests are focused on ballistic missile defence in a British context and its impact on Labour Party defence policy. He lives with his family in Keighley, West Yorkshire.