02806nam 2200577 450 991079773820332120230807201919.01-62637-244-610.1515/9781626372443(CKB)3710000000514475(EBL)4352932(SSID)ssj0001582127(PQKBManifestationID)16258787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001582127(PQKBWorkID)12751329(PQKB)11774438(MiAaPQ)EBC4352932(Au-PeEL)EBL4352932(CaPaEBR)ebr11172031(OCoLC)929857513(DE-B1597)623656(DE-B1597)9781626372443(EXLCZ)99371000000051447520160322h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUS missile defense strategy engaging the debate /by Michael MayerBoulder, Colorado ;London, England :FirstForumPress,2015.©20151 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62637-150-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Why missile defense? -- Strategic roles for missile defense -- The nuts and bolts of missile defense -- BMD and the Clinton administration -- BMD and the Bush administration -- BMD and the Obama administration -- The strategic utility of missile defense.Why has the United States continued to develop ballistic missile defenses in an era of irregular warfare and asymmetric terrorist threats? How does missile defense contribute to US global strategy? Can the BMD system achieve the goals that lay behind its creation? Michael Mayer addresses these questions in his balanced approach to the contentious debate over the strategic value of missile defense. Mayer surveys the grand strategies of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, methodically comparing them with each president's missile defense policies. He also demystifies the fundamentals of the BMD system. Seeking to change the terms of the debate, he cogently challenges much of the conventional wisdom touted by both supporters and detractors of ballistic missile defense.Ballistic missile defensesUnited StatesBallistic missile defensesGovernment policyUnited StatesBallistic missile defensesBallistic missile defensesGovernment policy358.1/740973Mayer Michael1973-1479503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797738203321US missile defense strategy3695660UNINA