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Book SynopsisThis book uses the âstrategic-relational approachâ 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 âspecial relationshipâ while at the same time recognising that voters were in general opposed to missile defence.
Labourâs Ballistic Missile Defence Policy 1997â2010 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 multi-lateralism in international relations and espousing an âethical dimensionâ to foreign policy, committed the United Kingdom to US ballistic mi
