TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pratt,Erik K.
TI  - Selling Strategic Defense: Interests, Ideologies, and the Arms Race 
SN  - 9781555871901
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Boulder : 
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers, 
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Gambling with Extinction --; 2 Defending Against the Unthinkable: Strategic Defense from 1945 to 1975 --; 3 Promoting the Prohibited: The Aftermath of the ABM Treaty --; 4 The Evolving Hedge: BMD During the Carter Administration --; 5 From Hedge to Pledge: Reagan's Decree for Strategic Defense --; 6 Rethinking the Military-Industrial Complex: The Case of Strategic Defense --; Appendix: BMD and Related Funding (1962-1987) --; List of Acronyms --; References --; Index --; About the Book and the Author; restricted access
N2  - Pratt examines the origins of U.S. missile defense programs since 1945, analyzes the personal stakes and political fortunes of the individuals and groups who have tried to sell the U.S. government and public on the idea of strategic defense, and shows that parochial interests are inevitably intertwined with more broadly based national security interests in the process of determining types of weapons systems developed in the U.S
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685851484
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685851484
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685851484/original
ER  -