The Phantom Defense
Subtitle: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: August 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780275971830
Subjects: Central government; International relations; War & defence operations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - National; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / Government / National; Air defenses; Ballistic missile defenses; Ballistic missiles; United States
First sentence: The history of anti-missile defense, whether called anti-ballistic missiles, "Star Wars," or the National Missile Defense system is, in Yogi Berra's ironic words, a continuing story of "deja vu all over again."