Justifying Ballistic Missile Defence - Technology, Security and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Columba Peoples is a Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the question of technology and its impact on international relations and global security. He received the British International Studies Association Thesis Prize for International Studies in 2007, and has published widely in the fields of International Relations and Security Studies. Klappentext Examines the ways in which views of technology have been used in debates over ballistic missile defence. Zusammenfassung Technology is represented as either the solution to or the cause of modern security problems. This book assesses how these two views collide in debates over the promotion of ballistic missile defence! a complex! costly and controversial system intended to defend the United States from nuclear missile attacks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Technology, Security and Culture: 1. Critical theory, security and technology; 2. Technology and common sense in America; Part II. Post-War Missile Defence: 3. Defence in the missile age?; 4. Post-war missile defence and the language of technological fears; Part III. The Strategic Defence Initiative: 5. The Strategic Defence Initiative and America's technological heritage; 6. 'Star Wars' and technological determinism; Part IV. 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'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Columba Peoples, Columba (University of Bristol) Peoples, Peoples Columba
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521113298
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11329-8
• Pagine: 318
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, International Relations, Military tactics, Military and defence strategy