The Character of Justice : Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation Process / / Trevor Parry-Giles [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Trevor Parry-Giles <2006>
• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 390 p., [9] p. of plates ) : ill., map
• Disciplina: 358.1/74/097309045
• Soggetto topico: Ballistic missile defenses - United States; Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States; English language - United States - Rhetoric
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Persona (resp. second.): Trevor Parry-Giles
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Missile defense advocacy in rhetorical and historical perspective. History of U.S. ballistic missile defense ; Critical approach. -- 2. Star wars and the quest for an elusive "leakproof" missile shield. The x-ray laser and Reagan's MAD escape ; Desert tests and Teller's zest ; Brilliant bluff or dangerous delusion? -- 3. Placebo defense: the rhetoric of Patriot missile accuracy in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Patriot's rhetorical role as "scudbusting" hero ; Postwar controversy over Patriot accuracy ; A tough placebo to swallow. -- 4. Whose shoe fits best? Dubious physics and power politics in the TMD footprint controversy. Post-Cold War missile defense and the ABM treat ; Finding the right fit: the debate over THAAD's footprint size ; Sizing up the footprint controversy ; THAAD's "rush to failure": on the road to nowhere? -- 5. Living with the legacy of strategic deception in missile defense advocacy. Common threads and new twists in the legacy of strategic deception ; National missile defense "as soon as technologically possible" ; Future paths.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Cold War's legacy has been characterized by a systematic pattern of threat inflation, a relentless stream of surplus weapons development, and a predilection for a brand of secret science that lines the pockets of defense contractors and swells the war chests of hawkish politicians - things that fray the fabric of democracy. There is perhaps no military project more representative of this legacy than ballistic missile defense (BMD). Since Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars address" in 1983, taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on BMD projects. Close examination reveals that many of these programs were of dubious value.; Politically seductive but scientifically elusive, the notion of missile defense has given rise to waves of runaway rhetoric featuring technical claims that have outstripped supporting scientific data."
• Titolo autorizzato: The Character of Justice
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247994003316
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