UID:
almafu_9959231662002883
Format:
1 online resource (328 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8047-9656-4
Content:
Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective explains the origins, evolution, and implications of the regional approach to missile defense that has emerged since the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and has culminated with the missile defense decisions of President Barack Obama. The Obama administration's overarching concept for American missile defense focuses on developing both a national system of limited ground-based defenses, located in Alaska and California, intended to counter limited intercontinental threats, and regionally-based missile defenses consisting of mobile ground-based technologies like the Patriot PAC-3 system, and sea-based Aegis-equipped destroyer and cruisers. The volume is intended to stimulate renewed debates in strategic studies and public policy circles over the contribution of regional and national missile defense to global security. Written from a range of perspectives by practitioners and academics, the book provides a rich source for understanding the technologies, history, diplomacy, and strategic implications of the gradual evolution of American missile defense plans. Experts and non-experts alike—whether needing to examine the offense-defense tradeoffs anew, to engage with a policy update, or to better understand the debate as it relates to a country or region—will find this book invaluable. While it opens the door to the debates, however, it does not find or offer easy solutions—because they do not exist.
Note:
Includes index.
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""Contents""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction / Catherine McArdle Kelleher and Peter Dombrowski""; ""Part I: U.S. Policies and Programs""; ""1. Addressing the Missile Threat: 1980-2008 / Susan J. Koch""; ""2. U.S. National Missile Defense Policy / James M. Acton""; ""3. Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Concepts / Amy F. Woolf""; ""4. Technical Controversy: Can Missile Defense Work? / George N. Lewis""; ""5. Congress and Missile Defense / Nancy W. Gallagher""; ""Part II: Regional Dynamics""; ""6. Europe and Missile Defense / Gustav Lindstrom""
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""7. Postcrisis Perspectives: The Prospects for Cooperation among the United States, NATO, and Russia on Ballistic Missile Defense / Vladimir Dvorkin""""8. From Dream to Reality: Israel and Missile Defense / Ariel Levite and Shlomo Brom""; ""9: Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf / Michael Elleman and Wafa Alsayed""; ""10. Ballistic Missile Defense in South Asia / Andrew C. Winner""; ""11. Chinese Attitudes Toward Missile Defense / Christopher P. Twomey and Michael S. Chase""; ""12: Japan's Ballistic Missile Defense and ""Proactive Pacifism"" / Saadia M. Pekkanen""
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""Part III: Critical Global Analyses""""13. Strategic Dead End or Game Changer? / Brad H. Roberts""; ""14. Evaluating the Opportunity and Financial Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense / Dov S. Zakhelm""; ""Conclusion: The Future of Ballistic Missile Defense / Peter Dombrowski and Catherine McArdle Kelleher""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Regional missile defense from a global perspective. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780804790642
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8047-9064-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9780804796569
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