| Edition |
1st softcover ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes new preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
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Ballistic missile defenses. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Defenses.
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Defenses. |
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National security -- United States.
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National security. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
O'Hanlon, Michael E.
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Brookings Institution.
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| Added Title |
Case for limited national missile defense |
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Limited national missile defense |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lindsay, James M., 1959- Defending America. 1st softcover ed. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2002, ©2001 0815706332 (OCoLC)50209318 |
| ISBN |
0815798679 (electronic book) |
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9780815798675 (electronic book) |
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0815700083 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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