Download or read book Thinking Through the Strategic Defense Initiative written by James L. Rodgers (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbolic Defense written by Edward Tabor Linenthal and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the public unveiling of SDI in 1983, discussion has focused on the technical and strategic aspects of the project. This book takes a new look, examining the cultural repercussions of SDI. Illustrated.
Download or read book Strategic Defense in the Nuclear Age written by Sanford Lakoff and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Strategic Defense in the Nuclear Age presents a concise, up-to-date overview of the history of SDI, chronicling its successes and failures through the ongoing evolution of the program. Sanford Lakoff chronicles the history of the program from its initial introduction during the Reagan years, through the ongoing struggles associated with research and development that plague the program to this day. Each chapter provides analysis of the strategic, scientific, and diplomatic challenges policy makers and scientists to overcome, at the same time exploring the changing strategic needs and specific purposes for the program. Offering a glossary that provides an explanation of key scientific terms and an appendix by noted physicist Richard L. Garwin, this book will appeal to scholars and students, as well as to the general public."--Résumé de l'éditeur
Download or read book The Strategic Defense Initiative written by Edward Reiss and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-07-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
Download or read book Strategic Defense Initiative written by P Edward Haley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for use as a text in courses on national security, arms control, and peace studies, this collection of statements by world leaders and eminent scholars offers an accurate and comprehensive guide through the maze of claims and criticisms about "Star Wars," the sensationally controversial effort of the Reagan administration to reorient U.S. nuclear strategy to strategic defense. The contents include a thorough introduction by the editors and individual chapters outlining the strategic defense initiative as originally conceived and subsequently modified by the Reagan administration; the arguments for and against the plan's strategic and technical feasibility; and assessments of the harmful and constructive effects of strategic defense on U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-allied relations.
Download or read book The Strategic Defense Initiative written by Rebecca S. Bjork and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1992-11-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an analysis of the language and persuasive strategies used by the Reagan and Bush administrations in selling the SDI program to the Congress and the American public, Bjork takes a fresh approach to the study of U.S. foreign policy. She focuses on the shared meanings and understandings of policy as they are created through sociocultural interaction. Using Kenneth Burke's philosophy and critical method of dramatism as a theoretical framework, she shows how Reagan's SDI program appealed symbolically to a nostalgic sense of American history, replete with powerful images of American innocence and technological ingenuity in the face of difficult obstacles. Bjork concludes that the program has been shielded from criticism, has achieved symbolic and bureaucratic momentum, and serves to reinforce the isolation felt by ordinary American citizens from access to decisions over life and death issues.
Download or read book The Strategic Defense Initiative written by United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to International Participation in the Strategic Defense Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perspectives On Strategic Defense written by Steven W Guerrier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together proponents and opponents of the Strategic Defense Initiative, this book includes original essays by leading experts on every aspect of the issue. The collection provides a valuable introduction to the many complex questions involved in any serious consideration of the SDI. The contributors explore such issues as the strategic impl
Download or read book Strategic Defense Initiative written by P. Edward Haley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the Reagan administration's original proposal; the main disagreements about strategic and technical feasibility; the effects of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) on relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; and the effects of SDI on relations between the U.S. and its allies.
Download or read book Strategic Defense written by Keith B. Payne and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1986 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys current U.S. nuclear policy, and discusses the feasibility of the Star Wars program, arms control, U.S.-Soviet relations, and the morality of the Initiative.
Download or read book The Strategic Defense Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is a research program in which President Reagan asked key scientists and technological leaders to conduct research aimed at determining whether there are cost-effective defensive technologies that could improve the deterrent capability of the United States and allies. The concept of the SDI program envisions a layered defense where hostile missiles could be attacked shortly after launch during the boost and postboost phase, individual attack on the warheads themselves or attack as they approach the end of their flight. Standard arguments for and against the SDI program were examined. Information was gathered using a review of the literature and through analysis of the views of key military and civilian leaders. While it has been argued that a US SDI program will cause instability rather than promote stability, it must be realized that the Soviet Union has been emphasizing defense and survivability and has been pursuing an extensive SDI program for many years. The SDI program facilitated dialogue and negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union as well as has the potential to enhance our basic defense strategy of deterrence. The program was in part responsible for the successful Geneva Summit meetings in November 1985. The US Congress, the elections of 1988 and US public opinion will play a significant role in the future of the SDI program.
Download or read book The Strategic Defence Initiative written by Mira Duric and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to US foreign policy, the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) was launched by Ronald Reagan in 1983. While the Reagan administration failed to deploy the SDI system, it featured prominently in the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union. This insightful book examines SDI and the Reagan administration through an evaluation of the role of the SDI in the end of the Cold War. Presenting an extensive range of primary and secondary material together with interviews, the book will be welcomed by academics and upper level students interested in politics and history.
Download or read book Strategic Defense Initiative written by P. Edward Haley and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for use as a text in courses on national security, arms control, and peace studies, this collection of statements by world leaders and eminent scholars offers an accurate and comprehensive guide through the maze of claims and criticisms about "Star Wars," the sensationally controversial effort of the Reagan administration to reorient U.S. nuclear strategy to strategic defense. The contents include a thorough introduction by the editors and individual chapters outlining the strategic defense initiative as originally conceived and subsequently modified by the Reagan administration; the arguments for and against the plan's strategic and technical feasibility; and assessments of the harmful and constructive effects of strategic defense on U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-allied relations.
Download or read book The Star Wars Enigma written by Nigel Hey and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1982 was a desperate time for the U.S. defense community. The United States had no effective system to protect itself completely from a Soviet attack with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Soviet Union possessed in large quantity, and the doomsday philosophy of mutually assured destruction seemed inescapable. But people in the Reagan administration, including Reagan himself, were not content with what they viewed as a morally unacceptable status quo. Then Adm. James Watkins, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked, "Wouldn't it be better if we could develop a system that would protect, rather than avenge, our people?" With that, the president's commitment to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) became certain. Ultimately, SDI reflected Western political idealism, a powerful ingredient in the struggle to finally conquer the terrors of the Cold War and to allay the threat of nuclear holocaust. The Star Wars Enigma tells this dramatic story.
Download or read book The Strategic Defense Initiative written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report to the Congress on the Strategic Defense Initiative written by Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
