US Missile Defense Strategy : : Engaging the Debate / / Michael Mayer.

Why has the United States continued to develop ballistic missile defenses in an era of irregular warfare and asymmetric terrorist threats? How does missile defense contribute to US global strategy? Can the BMD system achieve the goals that lay behind its creation? Michael Mayer addresses these quest...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2015
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (229 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Why Missile Defense?
  • 2. Strategic Roles for Missile Defense
  • 3. The Nuts and Bolts of Missile Defense
  • 4. BMD and the Clinton Administration
  • 5. BMD and the Bush Administration
  • 6. BMD and the Obama Administration
  • 7. The Strategic Utility of Missile Defense
  • Acronyms
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book