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The phantom defense : America's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion /
In the past four decades, the United States has spent $85 billion pursuing the fantasy of an effective missile defense system to shield our nation against the threat of a nuclear attack. Recent public tests, while less exotic than some of the original "Star Wars" proposals, were spectacula...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The phantom defense : |b America's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion / |c Craig Eisendrath, Melvin A. Goodman and Gerald E. Marsh. |
| 260 | |a Westport, Conn. : |b Praeger, |c ©2001. | ||
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| 520 | |a In the past four decades, the United States has spent $85 billion pursuing the fantasy of an effective missile defense system to shield our nation against the threat of a nuclear attack. Recent public tests, while less exotic than some of the original "Star Wars" proposals, were spectacular failures and call into question the whole program's rationale. Neither the land-based system proposed by the Clinton administration, nor the alternatives proposed by earlier administrations, would ever work--regardless of how much R & D money is channeled into the project. Rather than enhancing national security, these doomed efforts would provoke a new arms race and alienate key allies. The authors apply their extensive insiders' expertise to argue that thoughtful diplomacy is the only real answer to meet America's national security goals | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Ch. 1. Deja Vu All Over Again: A Short History of "Star Wars" -- Ch. 2. Anti-Missile Defense and the Political Maze -- Ch. 3. Two views of the World -- Ch. 4. The Exaggerated Threat of Ballistic Missiles -- Ch. 5. Why National Missile Defense Won't Work -- Ch. 6. Other Proposed National Missile Defense Systems -- Ch. 7. Geopolitical Implications of National Missile Defense -- Ch. 8. Arms Control and Policy Alternatives -- App. 1. Countermeasures -- App. 2. Waste, Fraud, and Abuse -- App. 3. The Center for International Policy. | |
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