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

The phantom defense : America's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion / Craig Eisendrath, Melvin A. Goodman and Gerald E. Marsh.

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 spectacula...

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Main Author: Eisendrath, Craig R.
Other Authors: Goodman, Melvin A. (Melvin Allan), 1938-, Marsh, Gerald E., 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, ©2001.
Subjects:
Ballistic missile defenses > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Ballistic missile defenses
Internationale Politik
Sicherheitspolitik
Défense antimissile > États-Unis.
Guerre spatiale.
ABM.
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Deja Vu All Over Again: A Short History of "Star Wars"
  • Ch. 2. Anti-Missile Defense and the Political Maze
  • Ch. 3. Two views of the World
  • Ch. 4. The Exaggerated Threat of Ballistic Missiles
  • Ch. 5. Why National Missile Defense Won't Work
  • Ch. 6. Other Proposed National Missile Defense Systems
  • Ch. 7. Geopolitical Implications of National Missile Defense
  • Ch. 8. Arms Control and Policy Alternatives
  • App. 1. Countermeasures
  • App. 2. Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
  • App. 3. The Center for International Policy.

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