LEADER 02967nam 22005534a 450 001 9910814147503321 005 20240410143513.0 010 $a1-280-31551-2 010 $a9786610315512 010 $a0-313-01615-1 035 $a(CKB)111087026964040 035 $a(EBL)3000528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000220541 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11184780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220541 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143450 035 $a(PQKB)10064537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000528 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10005674 035 $a(OCoLC)928191058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000528 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026964040 100 $a20010205d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe phantom defense $eAmerica's pursuit of the Star Wars illusion /$fCraig Eisendrath, Melvin A. Goodman, Gerald E. Marsh 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWestport, CT. $cPraeger$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 190 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 1 $a0-275-97183-X 327 $aCh. 1. Deja Vu All Over Again: A Short History of "Star Wars" Ch. 2. Anti-Missile Defense and the Political Maze Ch. 3. Two views of the World Ch. 4. The Exaggerated Threat of Ballistic Missiles Ch. 5. Why National Missile Defense Won't Work Ch. 6. Other Proposed National Missile Defense Systems Ch. 7. Geopolitical Implications of National Missile Defense Ch. 8. Arms Control and Policy Alternatives App. 1. Countermeasures App. 2. Waste, Fraud, and Abuse App. 3. The Center for International Policy 330 $aIn the past four decades, the United States has spent $85 billion pursuing the fantasy of an effective missile defense system to shield our nation against the threat of a nuclear attack. Recent public tests, while less exotic than some of the original "Star Wars" proposals, were spectacular failures and call into question the whole program's rationale. Neither the land-based system proposed by the Clinton administration, nor the alternatives proposed by earlier administrations, would ever work--regardless of how much R & D money is channeled into the project. Rather than enhancing national security, these doomed efforts would provoke a new arms race and alienate key allies. The authors apply their extensive insiders' expertise to argue that thoughtful diplomacy is the only real answer to meet America's national security goals. 606 $aBallistic missile defenses$zUnited States 615 0$aBallistic missile defenses 676 $a358.1/74/0973 700 $aEisendrath$b Craig R$01676539 701 $aGoodman$b Melvin A$g(Melvin Allan),$f1938-$0539263 701 $aMarsh$b Gerald E.$f1939-$01676540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814147503321 996 $aThe phantom defense$94042830 997 $aUNINA