Faith in G.O.D.S.; Stability in the Nuclear Age
London: Brassey's (UK), 1991. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xvi, 126, [2] pages. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. References. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep. G.O.D.S. stands for Global Orbiting Defence System. He was a boy from a working class home in East London who helped develop nuclear offensive and defensive weapons, oversee military cooperation between the US and the UK, and brief Margaret Thatcher and the British Chiefs of Staff on SDI, while also finding time to collaborate with orthopedic surgeons to design a titanium hip replacement? After WWII he became an international athlete, a well published research scientist, and went on to take a leading role in the development of Britain's nuclear deterrent. The circle was completed when he led British involvement in the American Star Wars program, by helping to create a system that could intercept the type of missiles that had forced him to become an evacuee decades earlier. His early school years shaped an approach to life that enabled Stanley to succeed at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and onto Diplomacy at the very highest level of British and American Nuclear Activity. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: SDI, Strategic Defense, Proliferation, Ballistic Missiles, ICBM, Re-entry Vehicle, Decoys, Chaff, SDIO, Drift Tube, Missile Tracker, Thyristor, Deterrence, Battle Management, Global Orbiting Defence System, Nuclear Weapons
ISBN: 0080409792
[Book #73784]
Price: $50.00