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Book Title
Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense and the Western Alliance
ISBN
9780674826106

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674826108
ISBN-13
9780674826106
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1097234

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
405 Pages
Publication Name
Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense and the Western Alliance
Language
English
Subject
Public Policy / Military Policy, General
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
David S. Yost
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
88-002674
Reviews
A well-researched and ably developed account of complex issues relating to the East-West military relationship, well organized, clearly written, and impressively deliberate. It contains the best-documented historical account of Soviet missile defense programs, and the author carefully explains the implications of these developments for European security.
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
358/.1754/0947
Synopsis
Yost suggests that the challenges for Western policy posed by Soviet ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs stem partly from Soviet military programs, Soviet arms control policies, and Soviet public diplomacy campaigns, and partly from the West's own intra-alliance disagreements and lack of consensus about Western security requirements., This is a study of the strategic challenges that Soviet ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs may pose for the Western alliance. David Yost suggests that the challenges for Western policy stem partly from Soviet military programs, Soviet arms control policies, and Soviet public diplomacy campaigns, and partly from the West's own intra-alliance disagreements and lack of consensus about Western security requirements. By reviewing the history of Western assessments of Soviet BMD, Yost shows that long before the American strategic defense initiative (SDI) was launched, Soviet BMD system modernization and infrastructure expansion were well under way, and that current Soviet programs are not mainly reactive to the SDI. Yost judges that the Soviets are probably better prepared than the Americans to deploy a network of traditional, ground-based BMD systems that would have at least some military value in the next decade, particularly against the limited and selective retaliatory attacks envisaged in NATO strategy. He does not argue that the Soviets are preparing for a clear-cut "breakout" from current arms control limits on BMD, but he notes the risks posed by activities that could eventually amount to a "creepout" from certain treaty constraints. Because of such ambiguities and the seriousness of the strategic and political stakes, the West should be prepared to pursue any necessary countermeasures in a timely fashion. His aim in this book is to advance understanding of the possible strategic challenges to the West and to identify potential points of consensus for Western policies.
LC Classification Number
UG745.S65.Y67 1988

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