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Defending America : the case for limited national missile defense
- Title
- Defending America : the case for limited national missile defense / James M. Lindsay, Michael E. O'Hanlon.
- Author
- Lindsay, James M., 1959-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- O'Hanlon, Michael E.
- Description
- xii, 258 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Ballistic missile defenses > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Defending America. Déjà vu all over again -- Is the third time a charm? -- Why not prevention, preemption, and deterrence? -- Sensible defense means limited defense -- A modest proposal -- ch. 2. Missile Defense: concepts and systems -- Basic elements of ballistic missiles -- The trajectory of a ballistic missile -- Basic types of missile defenses -- Types of theater missile defenses -- Types of national missile defense -- Decoys and other countermeasures -- ch. 3. The threat. A growing ballistic missile threat? -- Russia -- China -- North Korea, Iran, and Iraq -- Other emerging ballistic missile powers -- Alternative threats -- The consequences of a missile attack -- ch. 4. Missile defense programs and architectures. Midcourse defense: the Clinton Administration program -- Larger midcourse defenses -- Boost-phase defenses -- Layered and space-based systems -- Conclusion -- ch. 5. The international politics of missile defense -- Russia -- China -- America's friends and allies -- South Asia -- No more disarmament? -- ch. 6. Missile defense and American security. A limited, two-tier national missile defense against "rogue" regimes -- Selling a limited, two-tier defense abroad -- Selling a limited, two-tier defense at home -- Appendixes. A. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and related documents -- B. Excerpts from the DCI National Intelligence Estimate -- C. Excerpts from the 1998 Rumsfeld Commission Report -- D. Excerpts from the 1999 National Intelligence Review -- Notes -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-1948
- ISBN
- 0815700083 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001001713
- OCLC
- 46634723
- Author
- Lindsay, James M., 1959-
- Title
- Defending America : the case for limited national missile defense / James M. Lindsay, Michael E. O'Hanlon.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index.
- Added Author
- O'Hanlon, Michael E.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-1948