TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reiss,Edward
TI  - The strategic defense initiative
T2  - Cambridge studies in international relations
SN  - 0511002319
AV  - UG743 .R44 1992eb
U1  - 358.1/74/09 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Strategic Defense Initiative
KW  - History
KW  - Arms race
KW  - United States
KW  - Initiative de défense stratégique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Course aux armements
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Military Science
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Military policy
KW  - gtt
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index; 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
N2  - 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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