Security Implications of SDI; Will We Be More Secure in 2010?
Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. 23 cm. xiii, [1], 251, [7] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Introduction by Fred Charles Ikle. Scuff and minor loss at rear cover. Security consultant Jeffrey Simon is a visiting lecturer in the UCLA Department of Political Science and an authority on terrorist attacks in the United States. Simon researches and teaches courses on political violence, terrorism and security and he is the author of “Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the the Growing Threat” (2013). Simon is president of Political Risk Assessment Company, Inc., and his writings on terrorism, political violence, and political risk have appeared in many publications, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times. The current debate as to whether the Strategic Defense Initiative will make this nation more secure by the year 2010 rests on the question of whether such weapons might be developed and deployed by that time. The question is a complex one, involving political commitment, economic strength, and technological accomplishment. But if SDI is assumed to play even a minor role in US national strategy, then the needs of that strategy for the next century must be anticipated now. Dr. Simon has assembled in this anthology the views of specialists on the issue. What they see varies, not surprisingly, according to assumptions and forecasts in such areas at technological feasibility and the progress of arms control. They agree that SDI would have inescapable consequences for our force structure and relations with our allies and adversaries. They offer valuable insights from their particular areas of expertise. And, in the final section, three of them reach persuasive - yet distinctly different - conclusions about SDI and the long-range security of the United States. The issue of strategic defense as a complement to offensive arms will continue to attract interest and stir controversy. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Paul Nitze, Al Gore, Eugene Rostow, SDI, NATO, Military Planning, Airpower, Lasers, Fred Ikle, Simon Worden, Paul Nitze, Sayre Stevens, Peter Wilson, Jack Nunn, David Emery, Arthur Burns, Roger Labrie, Franz-Joseph Schulze, Robert Komer, Albert Gore
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