LEADER 02806nam 2200577 450 001 9910797738203321 005 20230807201919.0 010 $a1-62637-244-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781626372443 035 $a(CKB)3710000000514475 035 $a(EBL)4352932 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001582127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16258787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001582127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12751329 035 $a(PQKB)11774438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4352932 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4352932 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11172031 035 $a(OCoLC)929857513 035 $a(DE-B1597)623656 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781626372443 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000514475 100 $a20160322h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUS missile defense strategy $eengaging the debate /$fby Michael Mayer 210 1$aBoulder, Colorado ;$aLondon, England :$cFirstForumPress,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62637-150-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aWhy 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. 606 $aBallistic missile defenses$zUnited States 606 $aBallistic missile defenses$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 615 0$aBallistic missile defenses 615 0$aBallistic missile defenses$xGovernment policy 676 $a358.1/740973 700 $aMayer$b Michael$f1973-$01479503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797738203321 996 $aUS missile defense strategy$93695660 997 $aUNINA