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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hey, Nigel.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2006.
Description:	xii, 275 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cold War (1945-1989) Strategic Defense Initiative -- History. Ballistic missile defenses -- United States. Nuclear weapons -- Soviet Union. Cold War. Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Ballistic missile defenses. Diplomatic relations. Nuclear weapons. Politics and government Science and state. Strategic Defense Initiative. United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States. Soviet Union. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6122360

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ISBN:	1574889818 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781574889819
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Shooting down nukes
2. The Sputnik revolution
3. Lasers versus missiles
4. Reagan takes the reins
5. Sci-fi weapons and strategic defense
6. The presidential thunderbolt
7. Shaping SDI
8. A year to test nations
9. Rescuing the infant SDI
10. Ronnie, Maggie, and Mike
11. Showdown at the Chateau
12. The beginning of the end
13. The velvet revolution
14. Bluff, fear, confusion, and hope.