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The Strategic defense debate : can "Star Wars" make us safe?

Author: Craig Snyder; World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Congresses
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Strategic defense debate.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986
(OCoLC)566125670
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Craig Snyder; World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
ISBN: 0812212339 9780812212334 0812280407 9780812280401
OCLC Number: 14519499
Notes: At head of title: The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
Based on a conference sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, held Oct. 3-4, 1985.
Includes index.
Description: xx, 247 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Star wars and nuclear ideologies / Craig Snyder --
Soviet strategy and American response / Richard Pipes --
The necessity and possibility of detente / Stephen f. Cohen --
Three notes on deterrence / Adam Garfinkle --
Traditional deterrence / Leon Wieseltier --
Soviet military power and star wars / Andrew Cockburn --
Perceptions of power / Michael Vlahos --
The vision of strategic defense / Caspar Weinberger --
The strategic defense project / James Abrahamson --
Caution on star wars / James Schlesinger --
Defense against nuclear weapons: assessment in the face of uncertainty / Franklin Long --
Reducing the risk of nuclear war: is star wars the answer? / Robert McNamara --
A European view / Francis Pym --
Becoming a reality / Simon P. Worden --
A moderate view / Robert Cooper --
Deterrence and strategic defense: a positive view / Colin Gray --
No to star wars / Robert Bowman --
The strategic defense environment: politics, strategy, and arms control / Alex Gliksman --
The arms control dimension of strategic defense / Warren Zimmermann --
Appendix A : peace and national security / Ronald Reagan --
Appendix B : on the road to a more stable peace / Paul Nitze --
About the authors.
Responsibility: edited by Craig Snyder.

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