Spy satellites : and other intelligence technologies that changed history / Thomas Graham, Jr. and Keith A. Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Thomas, Jr., 1933-

Contributor:

Hansen, Keith A.

Series:

Donald R. Ellegood International Publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

Military surveillance--United States.

Military surveillance.

Cold War.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein. This book focuses instead on the central role that intelligence-collection systems play in promoting arms control and disarmament. Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith Hansen bring more than fifty combined years of experience to this discussion of the capabilities of technical systems, which are primarily based in space. Their history of the rapid advancement of surveillance technology is a window into a dramatic reconceptualization of Cold War strategies and policy planning. Graham and Hansen focus on the intelligence successes against Soviet strategic nuclear forces and the quality of the intelligence that has made possible accurate assessments of WMD programs in North Korea, Iran, and Libya. Their important insights shed a much-needed light on the process of verifying how the world harnesses the proliferation of nuclear arms and the continual drive for advancements in technology.

Contents:

To verify or not to verify

Soviet secrecy fuels the arms race and inhibits verification

U.S. efforts to understand Soviet military forces and capabilities

Strategic arms control legitimizes space-based reconnaissance

Intelligence support to arms control activities

National technical means of verification takes center stage

"National technical means" goes multilateral

Monitoring the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780295801568

0295801565

OCLC:

932315478