Michelle Bentley

Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy

The Strategic Use of a Concept

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy and national security discourse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415830188
• ISBN-10: 0415830184
• Artikelnr.: 38027941

Autorenporträt

Michelle Bentley is Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About WMD 1. Contesting
'Weapons of Mass Destruction' 2. Constructing WMD in US Foreign Policy 3.
WMD During the Cold War 4. Conceptual Reinvigoration in the 1990s 5. 9/11
Times a Thousand 6. Conventions, Conventional Weapons and Humpty Dumpty
Conclusion: The Strategic Use of a Concept