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US Missile Defense Strategy : Engaging the Debate / Michael Mayer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (229 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626372443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 358.1/740973 23
LOC classification:
  • UG743 .M394 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Missile Defense? -- 2. Strategic Roles for Missile Defense -- 3. The Nuts and Bolts of Missile Defense -- 4. BMD and the Clinton Administration -- 5. BMD and the Bush Administration -- 6. BMD and the Obama Administration -- 7. The Strategic Utility of Missile Defense -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Missile Defense? -- 2. Strategic Roles for Missile Defense -- 3. The Nuts and Bolts of Missile Defense -- 4. BMD and the Clinton Administration -- 5. BMD and the Bush Administration -- 6. BMD and the Obama Administration -- 7. The Strategic Utility of Missile Defense -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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