Screen LibraryWeapons of mass destruction and US foreign policy : the strategic use of a concept /
"This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy and national security discourse. Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weap...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge studies in US foreign policy
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| Summary: |
"This book examines the use of concepts - specifically 'weapons of mass destruction' (WMD) - in US foreign policy and national security discourse. Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weapons - typically understood as a reference to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons - has for international security. While the concept assumes these weapons are 'equal', the vast disparity between them, and their disparity from the conventional weapons from which they are supposedly distinct, means this appro |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415830188 (hardback) : 0415830184 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | U793 |
| CLC: |
D871.22 E712.0 |
| Call Number: | E712.0/B477 |