The Star Wars Controversy : : An International Security Reader / / ed. by Stephen Van Evera, Steven E. Miller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Drell, Sidney D.,; Farley, Philip J.,; Glaser, Charles L.,; Hoffman, Fred S.,; Holloway, David,; Schlesinger, James R.,; Van Evera, Stephen,; Yost, David S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Miller, Steven E.,; Van Evera, Stephen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: International Security Readers ; 462
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; The Contributors --; Preface --; The Star Wars Controversy --; The SDI in U.S. Nuclear Strategy --; Rhetoric and Realities in the Star Wars Debate --; Why Even Good Defenses May Be Bad --; Preserving the ABM Treaty: A Critique of the Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative --; Do We Want the Missile Defenses We Can Build? --; Ballistic Missile Defense and the Atlantic Alliance --; Principal Official Documents of the Star Wars Controversy --; Directed. Energy Missile Defense in Space (April 1984) --; Appendix --; Appendix A: Excerpt from President Reagan's Television --; Appendix B: The ABM Treaty and Related Documents --; Appendix C: Other Applications of Directed Energy Weapons --; Ballistic Missile Defenses and U.S. National Security ("Hoffman Report") --; The Strategic Defense Initiative: Defense Technologies Study ("Fletcher Report")
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400858163; 9783110413441; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400858163
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Stephen Van Evera, Steven E. Miller.

These essays from the journal International Security assess the technical feasibility and the strategic desirability of defense against ballistic missiles.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.