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ABM Treaty
advanced security studies
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
arms control policy
Author_Jack Merritt
Author_Martin C Needler
Author_P. Edward Haley
ballistic missile defense
Ballistic Missile Defenses
Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radars
BMD System
Boost Phase Intercept
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CIA Estimate
Defensive Strategy
Directed Energy Weapons
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Free Electron Lasers
ICBM Force
ICBM Launch
Mid-course Intercept
Midcourse Intercept
missile defense feasibility analysis
NATO Europe
NATO European Country
NATO Policy
NATO Strategy
nuclear deterrence theory
Nuclear Disarmament
peace studies curriculum
Penetration Aids
Pershing IIs
Post-boost Vehicle
Reagan administration
SDI Program
SDI Research Program
Soviet ICBMs
Star Wars
strategic defense initiative
U.S. nuclear strategy
US Soviet relations
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780367288846
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Intended for use as a text in courses on national security, arms control, and peace studies, this collection of statements by world leaders and eminent scholars offers an accurate and comprehensive guide through the maze of claims and criticisms about "Star Wars," the sensationally controversial effort of the Reagan administration to reorient U.S. nuclear strategy to strategic defense. The contents include a thorough introduction by the editors and individual chapters outlining the strategic defense initiative as originally conceived and subsequently modified by the Reagan administration; the arguments for and against the plan's strategic and technical feasibility; and assessments of the harmful and constructive effects of strategic defense on U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-allied relations.
"P. Edward Haley is director of the Keck Center for International Strategic Studies and chairman of the International Relations Committee, Claremont McKenna College. He has worked on the staffs of members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and was an international affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jack Merritt is professor emeritus of physics, Claremont McKenna College. Prior to coming to Claremont, he served as an administrative officer at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Policy Organization of the Bureau of Budget."
