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Introduction
Abstract
This introductory chapter discusses the National Missile Defence (NMD) Act of 1999, which established in law the policies of sending a missile defence system as soon as it was technologically possible; addresses the questions of identity and how one should make sense of the NMD; and introduces international relations. It then looks at the link between national identity and foreign policy, before the chapter ends with an outline of the following chapters.
Abstract
This introductory chapter discusses the National Missile Defence (NMD) Act of 1999, which established in law the policies of sending a missile defence system as soon as it was technologically possible; addresses the questions of identity and how one should make sense of the NMD; and introduces international relations. It then looks at the link between national identity and foreign policy, before the chapter ends with an outline of the following chapters.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Michel Foucault and NMD 13
- 2 Revisiting missile defence 33
- 3 NMD 58
- 4 NMD and foreign policy discourse 77
- 5 NMD and ‘regimes of truth’ 100
- 6 NMD and the ‘everyday’ 112
- 7 Reflections on NMD and identity 132
- Bibliography 145
- Index 171
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Michel Foucault and NMD 13
- 2 Revisiting missile defence 33
- 3 NMD 58
- 4 NMD and foreign policy discourse 77
- 5 NMD and ‘regimes of truth’ 100
- 6 NMD and the ‘everyday’ 112
- 7 Reflections on NMD and identity 132
- Bibliography 145
- Index 171
