The strategic defense initiative / Edward Reiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reiss, Edward, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 23.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic Defense Initiative--History.

Strategic Defense Initiative.

Arms race--United States.

Arms race.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS).

Contents:

Part I. Conception: 1. Theory ; 2. The history of strategic defence in the USA ; 3. The 'SDI' speech

Part II. Construction: 1983-1985: 4. Contexts ; 5. Interest groups ; 6. The politics of influence

Part III. Consolidation: 1985-1988: 7. Contexts and constituencies ; 8. Interest and influence ; 9. Early deployment?

Part IV. Contexts and Conditions: 10. Europe ; 11. Military economy ; 12. The culture of 'Star Wars' ; 13. The selling of SDI

Part V. Conclusions: 14. Into the 1990s ; 15. The causes of SDI.raphy

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-58487-3

0-511-00231-9