The Strategic Defense Initiative

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Hardcover | 21 September 1992

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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).

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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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List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Conception
Theory
The history of strategic defence in the USA
The 'SDI' speech
Construction: 1983-1985
Contexts
Interest groups
The politics of influence
Consolidation: 1985-1988
Contexts and constituencies
Interest and influence
Early deployment?
Contexts and Conditions
Europe
Military economy
The culture of 'Star Wars'
The selling of SDI
Conclusions
Into the 1990s
The causes of SDI
Notes
Select bibliography
Index
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