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The Strategic Defense Initiative

By Edward Reiss

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0521410975, 9780521410977
LCC
UG743 .R44 1992
Open Library ID
OL1549989M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
632 kB (646694 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Pages
264\0
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative shows how political, economic, strategic and cultural factors have interacted to shape SDI. It examines new research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence, and explores SDI in terms of alliance management, popular culture and military spin-offs. Throughout, the author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race against the reality of "Star Wars," and draws important conclusions about the motive causes of SDI and its prospects for the 1990s.

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