Why ABM? : policy issues in the missile defense controversy /: policy issues in the missile defense controversy. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Johan J. Holst, William Schneider.
• Editors: Holst, Johan Jørgen, 1937-1994; Schneider, William, 1941-
• Contents: Contents; ; Acknowledgments; ; Introduction; ; Part I: Background and Context; ; Chapter 1. Missile Defense Systems: Past, Present and Future-; ; Early Missile Defense Concepts; ; Current Missile Defense Concepts; ; Future Missile Defense Concepts; ; Chapter 2. Missile Defense: Can It Work?-; ; Introduction; ; What Is the Job of ABM?; ; Penetration Aids and Tactics; ; The Capabilities of Safeguard; ; Does Safeguard Solve Problems; ; Worth Solving?; ; Chapter 3. Missile Defense and Strategic Doctrine-; ; Introduction; ; Three Alternative Strategies; ; Summary; ; Part II: Alternative BMD Deployments and Rationales; ; Chapter 4. The Case for a Thin System-; ; Chapter 5. The Case for Population Defense-; ; Introduction; ; Some Technical Estimates; ; Problems of Deterrence; ; Arms Races and Arms Control; ; Conclusion; ; Chapter 6. The Case for Strategic Force Defense -; ; The Role of ABM in the 1970's; ; On the Counterforce Calculations of Some Prominent ABM Opponents; ; Part III: Interactions with Other Policy Areas; ; Chapter 7. Missile Defense: The Soviet Union and the Arms Race-; ; The Defensive Tradition; ; Russian Reactions to the American BMD Decisions; ; Soviet-American Interactions: Arms Race Issues; ; Soviet-American Interactions: Arms Control; ; Chapter 8. Missile Defense: Implications for Europe-; ; Scope and Context; ; Hegemony and Political Mobility; ; Arms Control and the Prospects of a European Settlement; ; Impact on the Future of NATO; ; Attitudes Towards China; ; Chapter 9. Missile Defense and Non-Proliferation: Friends or Enemies?-; ; Introduction; ; Some Possible Effects of ABM onNon-Proliferation; ; Orchestrating ABM and NPT; ; Chapter 10. The Problem of China-; ; Chapter 11. Civil Defense and Missile Defense-; ; Part IV: Some Other Perspectives; ; Chapter 12. Strategic Arms Control and Stability: A Retrospective Look-; ; Diplomatic Prelude; ; The Contextual Impact; ; The Substantive Issues; ; Some Conclusions; ; Chapter 13. The Missile Defense Debate in Perspective-; ; Bibliography; ; Notes on Contributors; ; Index;
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Pergamon
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 358.174; Ballistic missile defenses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483145730
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