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001			ASIN0521113296
005			20170105102933.0
008			150604s2010 xxu eng d
020			_a0521113296 (hardcover) _c$114.99
020			_a9780521113298 (hardcover)
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050	0	4	_aUG743
082	0	4	_bPEO 2010
100	1		_aPeoples, Columba.
245	1	0	_aJustifying ballistic missile defence : _btechnology, security and culture / _cColumba Peoples.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a318 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aCambridge studies in international relations.
520			_aTechnology is championed as the solution to modern security problems, but also blamed as their cause. This book assesses the way in which these two views collide in the debate over ballistic missile defense: a complex, costly and controversial system intended to defend the United States from nuclear missile attacks. Columba Peoples shows how, in the face of strong scientific and strategic critique, advocates of missile defense seek to justify its development by reference to broader culturally embedded perceptions of the promises and perils of technological development. Unpacking the assumptions behind the justification of missile defense initiatives, both past and present, this book illustrates how common-sense understandings of technology are combined and used to legitimate this controversial and costly defense program. In doing so it engages fundamental debates over understandings of technological development, human agency and the relationship between technology and security.
650		0	_aBallistic missile defenses
650		0	_aStrategic culture
650		0	_aUnited States
830		0	_aCambridge studies in international relations.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521113296/chopaconline-20
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