THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. DETERRENCE POLICY (ARMS CONTROL, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, UNITED STATES)
This dissertation concerns the issues surrounding the debate over the strategic defense initiative and its implications for U.S. deterrence policy. While ballistic missile defenses (formerly called ABMs) were believed foreclosed from the nuclear balance as a result of the ABM Treaty, the SDI program...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1987
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8710479 |