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The Star Wars enigma : behind the scenes of the Cold War race for missile defense / Nigel Hey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781612343297
  • 1612343295
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Star Wars enigma.DDC classification:
  • 358.1/74 22
LOC classification:
  • UG743 .H39 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 15.85
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Contents:
Shooting down nukes -- The Sputnik revolution -- Lasers versus missiles -- Reagan takes the reins -- Sci-fi weapons and strategic defense -- The presidential thunderbolt -- Shaping SDI -- A year to test nations -- Rescuing the infant SDI -- Ronnie, Maggie, and Mike -- Showdown at the chateau -- The beginning of the end -- The velvet revolution -- Bluff, fear, confusion, and hope.
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Summary: Space-age weapons systems and the end of the Cold War.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.

Shooting down nukes -- The Sputnik revolution -- Lasers versus missiles -- Reagan takes the reins -- Sci-fi weapons and strategic defense -- The presidential thunderbolt -- Shaping SDI -- A year to test nations -- Rescuing the infant SDI -- Ronnie, Maggie, and Mike -- Showdown at the chateau -- The beginning of the end -- The velvet revolution -- Bluff, fear, confusion, and hope.

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Space-age weapons systems and the end of the Cold War.

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