Miller / Van Evera The Star Wars Controversy

An International Security Reader
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5816-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 462, 352 Seiten

Reihe: International Security ReadersPrinceton Legacy Library

These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic missiles.

Originally published in 1986.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Steven E.

Van Evera, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
The Contributors, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
The SDI in U.S. Nuclear Strategy, pg. 3
Rhetoric and Realities in the Star Wars Debate, pg. 15
Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad, pg. 25
Preserving the ABM Treaty: A Critique of the Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative, pg. 57
Do We Want the Missile Defenses We Can Build?, pg. 98
Ballistic Missile Defense and the Atlantic Alliance, pg. 131
Directed. Energy Missile Defense in Space (April 1984), pg. 165
Appendix A: Excerpt from President Reagan's Television, pg. 257
Appendix B: The ABM Treaty and Related Documents, pg. 259
Appendix C: Other Applications of Directed Energy Weapons, pg. 269
Ballistic Missile Defenses and U.S. National Security ("Hoffman Report"), pg. 273
The Strategic Defense Initiative: Defense Technologies Study ("Fletcher Report"), pg. 291