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050 00 $aUG743$b.M39 1997
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100 1 $aMcMahon, K. Scott.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96120216
245 10 $aPursuit of the shield :$bthe U.S. quest for limited ballistic missile defense /$cK. Scott McMahon.
260 $aLanham, MD :$bUniversity Press of America,$c1997.
263 $a9702
300 $axviii, 383 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-366) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction and Description of the Analytical Framework.$tIllustrative Application of the Analytical Framework: The U.S. Atomic Weapon and Strategic Defense Initiative Programs --$g2.$tMeeting the Soviet Threat: The Defense Repulsed.$tPresident Eisenhower's BMD Program.$tPresidents Kennedy and Johnson's BMD Program --$g3.$tSeeking a Compromise Candidate: The Defense Reoriented.$tSentinel Unveiled.$tSentinel Attacked: Threat, Technical, and Strategic Debates.$tConclusion: A Consensus Formed and Dissolved --$g4.$tWar in the Desert: The Defense Vindicated.$tThe Iraqi Threat 1990.$tDesert Storm Lesson Learned: Iraqi Ballistic Missiles and the Strategic Campaign.$tScuds and Patriots: The Unsettled Debate.$tDesert Storm Lesson Learned: Scuds, Patriots, and Future BMD Policies.$tDesert Storm Lesson Learned: Missile Threats Require Multiple and Redundant Countermeasures.$tDesert Storm Lesson Learned: Cost Effectiveness is Irrelevant to Limited BMD Systems.
505 80 $tDesert Storm Lesson Learned: Today's Friends, Tomorrow's Enemies.$tDesert Storm Lessons Learned by Others --$g5.$tSurge for the Shield: The Post-War Consensus for BMD.$tPresident Bush's BMD Program.$tThe Missile Defense Act of 1991.$tThe Missile Defense Act: Strategic, Threat, and Technical Debates in the Senate.$tThe Kremlin Coup D'etat.$tSurge for the Shield: The Kremlin Coup and the Missile Defense Act.$tSurge for the Shield: The President's Nuclear Initiative.$tCongressional Passage of the Missile Defense Act.$tThe Fragile Consensus - Again --$g6.$tNBC Weapon and Ballistic Missile Proliferation: Threat and Response.$tStrategic Proliferation and the Limits of Technology Denial.$tControlling Nuclear Weapon Proliferation.$tControlling Chemical and Biological Weapon Proliferation.$tControlling Tactical and Strategic Ballistic Missile Proliferation.$tDisintegration of the USSR: Fuel on the Fire?$tThe Non-Proliferation Regime: Additional Challenges and Systemic Problems.$tConcluding Observations --
505 80 $g7.$tNBC Weapon Attack: Motivations and Operational Analysis.$tNBC Weapon Attack: Motivations and Tactics.$tNBC Weapon Attack: Delivery Systems and U.S. Defense Options --$g8.$tPursuit of the Shield: The Way Forward.$tFuture BMD Policies, Programs, and Deployments: Underlying Arguments and Assumptions That Drive Requirements.$tRequirements Driving Future BMD Policies, Programs, and Deployments.$tFuture BMD Deployments and Programs.$tRenegotiating the ABM Treaty - U.S. Objectives.$tRenegotiating the ABM Treaty - Working With the Russians.$tRenegotiating the ABM Treaty - Working With Other Former Soviet Republics.$tBMD Deployments - Working With U.S. Allies and China.$tConclusion: A Future With Ballistic Missile Defenses.$gApp. A.$tMissile Defenses: A Desert Storm Lesson Learned --$gApp. B.$tTechnical Status of BMD Systems and Components --$gApp. C.$tFirst-Strike Scenarios With BMD Deployments and START II Force Levels --$gApp. D.$tSelected World Ballistic Missile Systems and Programs.
650 0 $aBallistic missile defenses$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001459
650 0 $aNational security$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140387
852 00 $bleh$hUG743$i.M39 1997