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The Star Wars enigma : behind the scenes of the Cold War race for missile defense / Nigel Hey.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hey, Nigel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strategic Defense Initiative--History.
- Strategic Defense Initiative.
- Ballistic missile defenses--United States.
- Ballistic missile defenses.
- Science and state.
- History.
- United States.
- Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Soviet Union.
- Cold War.
- Science and state--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- International relations.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- Space-age weapons systems and the end of the Cold War
- Contents:
- Shooting down nukes
- The Sputnik revolution
- Lasers versus missiles
- Reagan takes the reins
- Sci-fi weapons and strategic defense
- The presidential thunderbolt
- Shaping SDI
- A year to test nations
- Rescuing the infant SDI
- Ronnie, Maggie, and Mike
- Showdown at the chateau
- The beginning of the end
- The velvet revolution
- Bluff, fear, confusion, and hope.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1574889818
- OCLC:
- 62342021
- Publisher Number:
- 9781574889819
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