The strategic defense initiative / Edward Reiss.

By:

Reiss, Edward

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in international relations ; 23.Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511002319
9780511002311
0511584873
9780511584879

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Strategic defense initiative.DDC classification:

358.1/74/09 20

LOC classification:

UG743 .R44 1992eb

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Contents:

Part I. Conception: 1. Theory ; 2. The history of strategic defence in the USA ; 3. The 'SDI' speech -- Part II. Construction: 1983-1985: 4. Contexts ; 5. Interest groups ; 6. The politics of influence -- Part III. Consolidation: 1985-1988: 7. Contexts and constituencies ; 8. Interest and influence ; 9. Early deployment? -- Part IV. Contexts and Conditions: 10. Europe ; 11. Military economy ; 12. The culture of 'Star Wars' ; 13. The selling of SDI -- Part V. Conclusions: 14. Into the 1990s ; 15. The causes of SDI.raphy -- Index.

Summary: This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS).

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index.

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This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS).

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