The strategic defense initiative /

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Author / Creator:Reiss, Edward
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
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ISBN:0521410975
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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