Selling Strategic Defense : Interests, Ideologies, and the Arms Race / Erik K. Pratt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pratt, Erik K., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Pratt examines the origins of U.S. missile defense programs since 1945, analyzes the personal stakes and political fortunes of the individuals and groups who have tried to sell the U.S. government and public on the idea of strategic defense, and shows that parochial interests are inevitably intertwined with more broadly based national security interests in the process of determining types of weapons systems developed in the U.S.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

1 Gambling with Extinction

2 Defending Against the Unthinkable: Strategic Defense from 1945 to 1975

3 Promoting the Prohibited: The Aftermath of the ABM Treaty

4 The Evolving Hedge: BMD During the Carter Administration

5 From Hedge to Pledge: Reagan's Decree for Strategic Defense

6 Rethinking the Military-Industrial Complex: The Case of Strategic Defense

Appendix: BMD and Related Funding (1962-1987)

List of Acronyms

References

Index

About the Book and the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-148-7

OCLC:

1374540538