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The Strategic Defense Initiative: (Series Number 23 Cambridge Studies in International Relations)

The Strategic Defense Initiative: (Series Number 23 Cambridge Studies in International Relations)


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This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative ranges across politics, economics, strategic studies and international relations, and provides the latest research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence. It discusses the wider contexts of 'Star Wars', such as alliance management, marketing, and domestic politics, and its military spin-offs, especially for anti-satellite (ASAT) and 'space control' programmes. The author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race by using SDI as a case study, and draws evidence from sources such as congressional hearings, interviews, the trade press, restricted briefing papers, and documents obtained under the US Freedom of Information Act. The book follows the fortunes of strategic defence into the changed global conditions of the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the Gulf War, and President Bush's announcement of a refocused SDI, the Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS).

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.

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'This is the best book I have read this year; a clear, cogent and coherent account of the evolution of the SDI, chronologically and thematically arranged to cover all its aspects ... invaluable ... detailed and documented analysis ... irresistible.' Defense Analysis 'This is the best book I have read this year ... invaluable ... irresistible.' Defence Analysis 'This is the best book I have read this year; a clear, cogent and coherent account of the evolution of the SDI, chronologically and thematically arranged to cover all its aspects ... invaluable ... irresistible.' Defence Analysis


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521054003
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Series Number 23 Cambridge Studies in International Relations
  • Weight: 444 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521054001
  • Publisher Date: 21 Jan 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 151 mm


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