Strategic Defense Initiative: Folly Or Future? by Martin C. Needler Paperback Bo

Description: Strategic Defense Initiative by Martin C. Needler, P. Edward Haley, Jack Merritt This book covers the Reagan administrations original proposal; the main disagreements about strategic and technical feasibility; the effects of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) on relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; and the effects of SDI on relations between the U.S. and its allies. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 plans strategic and technical feasibility; and assessments of the harmful and constructive effects of strategic defense on U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-allied relations. Author Biography "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." Table of Contents Preface -- Introduction: Strategic Defense, Nuclear Deterrence, and Arms Control -- The Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative -- Address to the Nation on the Strategic Defense Initiative -- Ballistic Missile Defenses and U.S. National Security -- On the Road to a More Stable Peace -- Statement to Congress -- Strategic Feasibility -- BMD and Strategic Instability -- The Presidents Choice: Star Wars or Arms Control -- The Case for Strategic Defense: An Option for a World Disarmed -- A Case for Strategic Defense -- Technical Feasibility -- The SDI: A Technical Appraisal -- Is SDI Technically Feasible? -- The Strategic Defense Initiative: Defensive Technologies Study -- SDI: The Last, Best Hope -- SDI and U.S.-Soviet Relations -- Nuclear Disarmament by the Year 2000 -- The Strategic Defense Initiative and the Soviet Union -- Report to Congress After Geneva Summit -- The Nuclear and Space Arms Talks: Where We Are After the Summit -- SDI and U.S.-Allied Relations -- Strategic Defense and the Western Alliance -- Defence and Security in the Nuclear Age -- Statement to the Bundestag -- Press Conference Details ISBN0367304309 Author Jack Merritt Pages 193 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 0367304309 ISBN-13 9780367304300 Publication Date 2021-05-31 UK Release Date 2021-05-31 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-05-31 NZ Release Date 2021-05-31 Subtitle Folly Or Future? Alternative 9780367288846 DEWEY 327.73 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139861091;

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