LEADER 03277oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910953857803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400696602 010 $a9786610315512 010 $a9781280315510 010 $a1280315512 010 $a9780313016158 010 $a0313016151 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400696602 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(OCoLC)1450215886 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400696602BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202647 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026964040 100 $a20010205e20012024 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 and Gerald E. Marsh 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$dc2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 190 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780275971830 311 08$a027597183X 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$01797393 701 $aGoodman$b Melvin A$g(Melvin Allan),$f1938-$0539263 701 $aMarsh$b Gerald E.$f1939-$01797394 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953857803321 996 $aThe phantom defense$94339625 997 $aUNINA