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Roger Handberg

Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security

Agendas, Perceptions, Technology, and Policy

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American politicians have long been troubled by the question of whether or not to deploy a national missile defense system. The argument has focused upon the questions of cost, both political and fiscal, plus the reliability of the technologies. This study places that debate within the context of an ongoing controversy over the direction of American foreign and defense policy since the 1950s. Since that time several distinct worldviews (labeled Believers, Pragmatists, and Wilsonians) have been articulated. Those worldviews structure how technology tests and costs are evaluated regardless of outcomes. Politics, not technological proficiency, d… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-275-97009-3
  • EAN: 9780275970093
  • Produktnummer: 1739358
  • Verlag: Praeger
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
  • Seitenangabe: 266 S.
  • Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.8 cm 569 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 569

Über den Autor


ROGER HANDBERG is Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His research has focused on space policy, defense policy, law and courts, both American and comparative, and science policy with regard to public opinion. His work has appeared in five books, 138 articles, and over 130 papers and other published materials.

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