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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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Eisendrath, Craig R.
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description:	xix, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ballistic missile defenses -- United States. Ballistic missile defenses. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4512019

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Other authors / contributors:	Goodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan), 1938- Marsh, Gerald E., 1939-
ISBN:	027597183X (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I.. History and Mythology
Chapter 1. Deja 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
Chapter 6. Other Proposed National Missile Defense Systems
Part III.. International Consequences and Policy Alternatives
Chapter 7. Geopolitical Implications of National Missile Defense
Chapter 8. Arms Control and Policy Alternatives
Appendix 1. Countermeasures
Appendix 2. Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Appendix 3. The Center for International Policy
Index