Actions for Labour's ballistic missile defence policy 1997-2010 : a strategic-relational analysis

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Labour's ballistic missile defence policy 1997-2010 : a strategic-relational analysis / Dr James Simpkin

Author
Simpkin, James
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource
Access Online
Related Resources

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Series
Summary
"This book uses the Strategic-Relational Approach to explain how the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown integrated the United Kingdom into the US Ballistic Missile Defence system in order to maintain national security and to uphold the 'Special Relationship' while at the same time recognising that voters were in general opposed to missile defence. Labour's Ballistic Missile Defence Policy 1997-2010 examines how the Labour administration was tasked with navigating a domestic political environment in which they had to appear tough on defence in general in order to appeal to a broader range of the electorate while recognising that voters were opposed to missile defence in particular. This book seeks to answer the question of why the centre-left government of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, elected on a mandate of multilateralism in international relations and espousing an 'ethical dimension' to foreign policy, committed the UK to US ballistic missile defence; an internationally divisive military project associated with the US Republican Party and George W. Bush in particular. This book is essential for students and researchers interested in British military history, international relations, strategic studies, British politics, Labour politics, and political theory"--
Subject(s)
ISBN
9781003299165 (ebook)
1003299164
9781000812183 (electronic bk. : PDF)
1000812189 (electronic bk. : PDF)
9781000812206 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000812200 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9781032289250 (hardback)
9781032289281 (paperback)
View MARC record | catkey: 39978750