The phantom defense : America's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion /

The phantom defense : America's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion /

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Author / Creator:Eisendrath, Craig R.
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2001.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 190 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Praeger security international (Series)
Subject:
Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
Ballistic missile defenses.
United States.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11128248
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Other authors / contributors:Goodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan), 1938-
Marsh, Gerald E., 1939-
ISBN:0313016151
9780313016158
027597183X
9780275971830
1280315512
9781280315510
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Legacy 2017
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Summary:In the past four decades, the United States has spent $85 billion pursuing the fantasy of an effective missile defense system to shield our nation against the threat of a nuclear attack. Recent public tests, while less exotic than some of the original "Star Wars" proposals, were spectacular failures and call into question the whole program's rationale. Neither the land-based system proposed by the Clinton administration, nor the alternatives proposed by earlier administrations, would ever work--regardless of how much R & D money is channeled into the project. Rather than enhancing national security, these doomed efforts would provoke a new arms race and alienate key allies. The authors apply their extensive insiders' expertise to argue that thoughtful diplomacy is the only real answer to meet America's national security goals.
Other form:Print version: Eisendrath, Craig R. Phantom defense. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2001 027597183X
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. History and Mythology
  • Chapter 1. Déjà Vu All over Again: a Short History of "star Wars"
  • Chapter 2. Anti-Missile Defense and the Political Maze
  • Chapter 3. Two Views of the World
  • Part II. The Threat, and Efforts to Meet It
  • Chapter 4. The Exaggerated Threat of Ballistic Missiles
  • Chapter 5. Why National Missile Defense Won't Work
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6. Other Proposed National Missile Defense Systems
  • Notes
  • Part III. International Consequences and Policy Alternatives
  • Chapter 7. Geopolitical Implications of National Missile Defense
  • Chapter 8. Arms Control and Policy Alternatives
  • Appendix One.
  • Appendix Two.
  • Appendix Three.
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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