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The Resource A shield in space? : technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move, Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York
A shield in space? : technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move, Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York
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- Summary
- In March 1983, Ronald Reagan made one of the most controversial announcements of his presidency when he called on the nation's scientists and engineers to develop a defensive shield so impenetrable as to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." This book provides the first comprehensive review and evaluation of the project launched to implement that announcement - the project officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and more popularly as "Star Wars." The authors - a political scientist and a physicist who has played a key role in developing military technologies - provide an intriguing account of how political rather than technical judgment led to the initial decision, and they explain the technical issues in terms accessible to nonspecialists. Judging SDI as "a classic example of misplaced faith in the promise of technological salvation," the authors examine the implications of the program for strategy, arms control, the unity of the Western alliance, its prospective economic impact, and the way the American political process has dealt with all these issues. Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 409 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780520066502
- Label
- A shield in space? : technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move
- Title
- A shield in space?
- Title remainder
- technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move
- Statement of responsibility
- Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York
- Subject
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- Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle
- Défense antimissile -- États-Unis -- Année 1983
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Nuclear arms control
- Nuclear arms control
- Space warfare | Military policies of United States: Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative
- USA
- Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In March 1983, Ronald Reagan made one of the most controversial announcements of his presidency when he called on the nation's scientists and engineers to develop a defensive shield so impenetrable as to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." This book provides the first comprehensive review and evaluation of the project launched to implement that announcement - the project officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and more popularly as "Star Wars." The authors - a political scientist and a physicist who has played a key role in developing military technologies - provide an intriguing account of how political rather than technical judgment led to the initial decision, and they explain the technical issues in terms accessible to nonspecialists. Judging SDI as "a classic example of misplaced faith in the promise of technological salvation," the authors examine the implications of the program for strategy, arms control, the unity of the Western alliance, its prospective economic impact, and the way the American political process has dealt with all these issues. Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lakoff, Sanford A
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UG743
- LC item number
- .L33 1989
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- York, Herbert F.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Nuclear arms control
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Armes nucléaires
- Nuclear arms control
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Défense antimissile
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Armes nucléaires
- Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative
- USA
- Label
- A shield in space? : technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move, Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xv, 409 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520066502
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 89004888
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- unspecified
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)19554384
- (OCoLC)ocm19554384
- Label
- A shield in space? : technology, politics, and the strategic defense initiative : how the Reagan Administration set out to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" and succumbed to the fallacy of the last move, Sanford Lakoff and Herbert F. York
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xv, 409 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520066502
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 89004888
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- unspecified
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)19554384
- (OCoLC)ocm19554384
Subject
- Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle
- Défense antimissile -- États-Unis -- Année 1983
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Initiative de défense stratégique
- Nuclear arms control
- Nuclear arms control
- Space warfare | Military policies of United States: Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative
- USA
- Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle
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