Contemporary Nuclear Debates
Subtitle: Missile Defenses, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century (Washington Quarterly Readers)
Contributors: Alexander T. J. Lennon (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: November 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780262621663
Subjects: Arms negotiation & control; Nuclear weapons; Theory of warfare & military science; Military Policy; Nuclear Proliferation; Current Affairs; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Americas (North Central South West Indies); General; Military Science; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); International Relations - Arms Control; Military & War; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Arms race; Ballistic missile defenses; Nuclear arms control; United States
First sentence: After many years of being on the "back burner," it is increasingly apparent that a broad consensus is building among Washington policymakers to authorize the initial deployment of a national missile defense (NMD) system.