The Star Wars enigma [electronic resource] : behind the scenes of the Cold War race for missile defense / Nigel Hey.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 275 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., mapISBN: - 9781612343297 (electronic bk.)
- 1612343295 (electronic bk.)
- Strategic Defense Initiative -- History
- Ballistic missile defenses -- United States
- Nuclear weapons -- Soviet Union
- Cold War
- Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- Verenigde Staten
- Sovjet-Unie
- Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative
- Ost-West-Konflikt
- USA
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
- 358.1/74 22
- UG743 .H39 2006eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.
Shooting down nukes -- The Sputnik revolution -- Lasers versus missiles -- Reagan takes the reins -- Sci-fi weapons and strategic defense -- The presidential thunderbolt -- Shaping SDI -- A year to test nations -- Rescuing the infant SDI -- Ronnie, Maggie, and Mike -- Showdown at the chateau -- The beginning of the end -- The velvet revolution -- Bluff, fear, confusion, and hope.
Description based on print version record.