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Constructing National Interests

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Description for Constructing National Interests Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 1KJC; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.

Not simply an “event” or merely an “incident,” the 1962 standoff between the U. S. and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba was a crisis, which subsequently has achieved almost mythic significance in the annals of United States foreign policy. Jutta Weldes asks why this occurrence in particular should be cast as a crisis, and how this so significantly affected  “the national interest.” Here, Weldes analyzes the so-called Cuban missile crisis as a means to rethink the idea of national interest, a notion central to both the study and practice of international relations.

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Constructing National Interests shows how this process allowed for a redefining of the identities, interests, and likely actions of various states, so that it seemed to logically serve the U.S. national interest in removing the missiles from Cuba.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Borderlines
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816631117
SKU
V9780816631117
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Ref
99-50

About Jutta Weldes
Jutta Weldes is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Kent State University.

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