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Author Aistrope, Tim, author.

Title Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy / Tim Aistrope.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New approaches to conflict analysis
New approaches to conflict analysis.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-169) and index.
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Conceptualising conspiracy theory; 1: The paranoid style in international politics; 2: Conspiracy culture; Part II: Conspiracy discourse in the War on Terror; 3: Strategies of deterrence and frames of containment; 4: The War of Ideas; 5: Conspiracy, misinformation and public diplomacy; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.
Summary This study provides a novel reading of the processes through which legitimacy and illegitimacy is produced in foreign policy discourses. It will appeal to a wide cross-disciplinary audience interested in the burgeoning issues of conspiracy, paranoia, and popular knowledge, including their relationship to and consequences for contemporary politics.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
United States.
International relations.
Middle East.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Aistrope, Tim. Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016 0719099196 (OCoLC)930824762
ISBN 9781784997373 (electronic book)
1784997374 (electronic book)
9781526109729
1526109727
9781784997816 (ePub ebook)
1784997811
0719099196
9780719099199
Standard No. 10.7765/9781784997373