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100	1		_aBentley, Michelle, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWeapons of mass destruction and US foreign policy : _bthe strategic use of a concept / _cMichelle Bentley.
246	1	8	_ispine title : _aWeapons of mass destruction and US foreign policy.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014
300			_axii, 178 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aRoutledge studies in US foreign policy.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a'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 approach is seen as unreflective of reality, causing miscalculations in security policy. Not least, this has highlighted that the issue of WMD definition is a priority concern where this has direct implications for strategy. Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy argues that understanding WMD is not a search for a single interpretation, but one that seeks to comprehend what the concept means at any given time, especially where this relates to the political circumstances of its use. By identifying the different ways in which WMD has been defined, the book constructs a dynamic view of conceptual meaning that recognises and, more importantly explains, the inherent diversity in interpretation as the consequence of epistemic and institutional context.This book will be of much interest to students of Weapons of Mass Destruction, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies and IR.'-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a'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 approach is seen as unreflective of reality, causing miscalculations in security policy. Not least, this has highlighted that the issue of WMD definition is a priority concern where this has direct implications for strategy. Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy argues that understanding WMD is not a search for a single interpretation, but one that seeks to comprehend what the concept means at any given time, especially where this relates to the political circumstances of its use. By identifying the different ways in which WMD has been defined, the book constructs a dynamic view of conceptual meaning that recognises and, more importantly explains, the inherent diversity in interpretation as the consequence of epistemic and institutional context. This book will be of much interest to students of Weapons of Mass Destruction, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies and IR'-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWeapons of mass destruction _zUnited States.
650		0	_aNational security _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations.
830		0	_aRoutledge studies in US foreign policy.
907			_a.b16157540 _b2019-11-12 _c2019-11-12
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990			_anh
991			_aFakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan
998			_at _b2015-02-05 _cm _da _feng _gnyu _y0 _z.b16157540
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