The Star Wars Controversy : An International Security Reader / Stephen Van Evera, Steven E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Steven E., editor.

Van Evera, Stephen, editor.

Series:

International Security Readers ; 3220

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballistic missile defenses.

Strategic Defense Initiative.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

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")

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691638430

0691638438

9780691610306

0691610304

9780691022536

0691022534

9781400858163

140085816X

OCLC:

889252155