The Last Frontier
date of publication: 1986-03-01
ISBN-13: 978-0-669-12370-8
ISBN-10: 0-669-12370-6
TABLE OF CONTENTS : Nuclear defenses -- Ballistic missile defense and deterrence -- SDI technologies -- The Reagan genesis -- The ABM debate -- The case for strategic defense -- The case against strategic defense -- Conclusion -- Legal obstacles to demonstrating defenses -- Providing cost-effectiveness -- Offensive-defensive relationships -- Formal treaty linkages between offensive and defensive systems -- Negotiating strategy and SDI -- SDI and Soviet countermeasures -- SDI as an arms control dilemma -- The history of the offensive-defensive relationship -- Massing of ballistic missile forces -- Circumvention by bombers and cruise missiles -- Conventional superiority in Europe -- Conclusion -- The evolution of strategic defense -- Strategic defense and nuclear targeting -- The new strategic concept -- The irony of strategic defense -- Conclusion -- The future : arms control or technical follies -- Appendix A : concept definitions and constraints -- Appendix B : ABM treaty and associated documents -- Appendix C : excerpt from President Reagan’s March 23, 1983 speech. Source: OpenLibrary
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- isbn:9780669123708 - inv:6c3152ea1ca1e72dd479b1b67b523879
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