Justifying ballistic missile defence : technology, security and culture /

Justifying ballistic missile defence : technology, security and culture /

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Author / Creator:Peoples, Columba.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:xi, 299 p.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 112
Subject:
Ballistic missile defenses.
Ballistic missile defenses -- Political aspects.
Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
Ballistic missile defenses.
United States.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8209577
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ISBN:9780521113298 (hbk.)
0521113296 (hbk.)
9780521130417 (pbk.)
0521130417 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Technology, security and culture
  • 1. Critical theory, security and technology
  • 2. Technology and common sense in America
  • Part 2. Post-war missile defence
  • 3. Defence in the missile age?
  • 4. Post-war missile defence and the language of technological fears
  • Part 3. The Strategic Defense Initiative
  • 5. The Strategic Defense Initiative and America's technological heritage
  • 6. 'Star Wars' and technological determinism
  • Part 4. Contemporary missile defence
  • 7. Ballistic missile defence: 'Technology, working for you now'
  • 8. The iron cage of proliferation
  • Conclusion: common sense and the strategic use of 'technology'
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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