The strategic defense initiative /
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Author / Creator: | Reiss, Edward |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. |
Description: | xiv, 249 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge studies in international relations 23 |
Subject: | Strategic Defense Initiative -- History. Arms race -- United States. Arms race. Military policy. Strategic Defense Initiative. United States -- Military policy United States. History. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1340362 |
Table of Contents:
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 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
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index