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These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic missiles.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-pr...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Miller, Steven E.; Van Evera, Stephen
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1987]
©1987
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Course Book.
Series: Princeton legacy library
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400858163
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Summary: These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic missiles.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781400858163
Index Number: UG743
CLC: E712.1
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
The Contributors --
Preface /
The SDI in U.S. Nuclear Strategy /
Rhetoric and Realities in the Star Wars Debate /
Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad /
Preserving the ABM Treaty: A Critique of the Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative /
Do We Want the Missile Defenses We Can Build? /
Ballistic Missile Defense and the Atlantic Alliance /
Directed. Energy Missile Defense in Space (April 1984) --
Appendix A: Excerpt from President Reagan's Television --
Appendix B: The ABM Treaty and Related Documents --
Appendix C: Other Applications of Directed Energy Weapons --
Ballistic Missile Defenses and U.S. National Security ("Hoffman Report") --
The Strategic Defense Initiative: Defense Technologies Study ("Fletcher Report")