
The Star Wars Controversy
An International Security Reader
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-691-63843-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
693 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-63843-0 (9780691638430)
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E-Book
03/2015
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€63.49
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Persons
Edited by Steven E. Miller & Stephen Van Evera
Content
*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