Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
264
Utgivningsdatum
2001-12-01
Förlag
Praeger Publishers Inc
Illustratör/Fotograf
bibliography
Illustrationer
bibliography
Dimensioner
243 x 163 x 24 mm
Vikt
545 g
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1
Komponenter
1 Hardback
ISBN
9780275970093

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Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security (inbunden)

Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security

Agendas, Perceptions, Technology, and Policy

av Roger Handberg
Inbunden Engelska, 2001-12-01
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American politicians have long been troubled by the question of whether or not to deploy a national missile defense system. The argument has focused upon the questions of cost, both political and fiscal, plus the reliability of the technologies. This study places that debate within the context of an ongoing controversy over the direction of American foreign and defense policy since the 1950s. Since that time several distinct worldviews (labeled Believers, Pragmatists, and Wilsonians) have been articulated, views which predetermine decision-makers' positions on national missile defense. Those worldviews structure how technology tests and costs are evaluated regardless of outcomes. Politics, not technological proficiency, drives policy decisions. In effect, the debate has been a dialogue of the deaf and blind wherein each perceives only that which fits their predetermined views. This controversy raises questions regarding the use of deterrence as the basis for national policy and the role of technology in making such decisions. Handberg places this debate within the historical flow of events, dating back to the first inkling that national missile defense might be possible. The arrival of the George W. Bush administration moves national missile defense to the forefront with the question of deployment now considered a near reality.
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ROGER HANDBERG is Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His research has focused on space policy, defense policy, law and courts, both American and comparative, and science policy with regard to public opinion. His work has appeared in five books, 138 articles, and over 130 papers and other published materials.

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Introduction Ballistic Missile Defense, Still Trying After All These Years Breakdown of the Old Verities Why Missile Defense? Agreeing on NMD or Not? Deployment Options or Guessing About the Shape of Things to Come Pursuing Future Policy or Taking Counsel of One's Worst Fears Selected Bibliography