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The Star Wars controversy : an International security reader /

These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic missiles. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Miller, Steven E. (Editor ), Van Evera, Stephen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Contributors
  • Preface / Van Evera, Stephen
  • The Star Wars Controversy
  • The SDI in U.S. Nuclear Strategy / Hoffman, Fred S.
  • Rhetoric and Realities in the Star Wars Debate / Schlesinger, James R.
  • Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad / Glaser, Charles L.
  • Preserving the ABM Treaty: A Critique of the Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative / Drell, Sidney D. / Farley, Philip J. / Holloway, David
  • Do We Want the Missile Defenses We Can Build? / Glaser, Charles L.
  • Ballistic Missile Defense and the Atlantic Alliance / Yost, David S.
  • Principal Official Documents of the Star Wars Controversy
  • Directed. Energy Missile Defense in Space (April 1984)
  • Appendix
  • Appendix A: Excerpt from President Reagan's Television
  • Appendix B: The ABM Treaty and Related Documents
  • Appendix C: Other Applications of Directed Energy Weapons
  • Ballistic Missile Defenses and U.S. National Security ("Hoffman Report")
  • The Strategic Defense Initiative: Defense Technologies Study ("Fletcher Report")