Justifying ballistic missile defence
Subtitle: technology, security and culture
By: Columba Peoples
Series: Cambridge studies in international relations -- 112; Cambridge studies in international relations -- 112.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780511691423; 9780521113298; 9780521130417
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Raketenabwehr; Political aspects; Ballistic missile defenses; Politik; Military Science; Technologie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Critical theory, security and technology; title: Technology and common sense in America; title: Defence in the missile age?; title: Post-war missile defence and the language of technological fears; title: The Strategic Defense Initiative and America's technological heritage; title: 'Star Wars' and technological determinism; title: Ballistic missile defence : 'technology, working for you now'; title: The iron cage of proliferation; title: Conclusion : common sense and the strategic use of 'technology'.