an evaluation of the decision to deploy an antiballistic missile system an evaluation of the decision to deploy an antiballistic missile system Chayes, Abram 1922-2000 editor. edt Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert) 1915-1994 editor. edt Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore) 1932-2009 $e writer of introduction win Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht) 1906-2005 contributor. ctb text bibliography nyu 1969 1969 [First edition]. monographic eng

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xxii, 282 p : ill ; 22 cm I. ABM deployment: what's wrong with it? An overview / by Abram Chayes [and others] -- II. Minuteman defense: will it help? Defense of the deterrent / by Carl Kaysen ; Some first-strike scenarios / by Jerome B. Wiesner ; What does Safeguard safeguard? / by Steven Weinberg ; Command and control / by Bill D. Moyers. -- III. Safeguard system: will it work? ABM reliability / by Leonard S. Rodberg ; Underestimates and overexpectations / assembled by J.C.R. Licklider ; Countermeasures to ABM systems / by Hans A. Bethe ; The problem of momentum / by Adam Yarmolinsky. -- IV. Strategic balance: will it be upset? The effect of ABM on U.S.-Soviet relations / by Marshall D. Shulman ; The Chinese nuclear threat / by Allen S. Whiting ; Asia and the ABM / by Allen S. Whiting ; The ABM and Western Europe / by Theodore C. Sorensen. -- V. Arms control: will it be set back? The ABM and arms control / by Bernard T. Feld ; Can the Communists deceive us? / by Jeremy J. Stone ; ABM and non-proliferation / by Mason Willrich ; The attitude of the world community toward the ABM / by Arthur J. Goldberg. -- VI. Appendix. Glossary ; Chronology ; Basic documents in the debate ; Some effects of nuclear weapons ; Technical notes. editors Abram Chayes, Jerome B. Wiesner ; introduction by Edward M. Kennedy, contributors by Hans A. Bethe [and others]. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- Air defenses United States UG633 .A7 New York : Harper & Row, [1969] [1st ed.]. (OCoLC)602717438 70088556 DLC 690707 20240624102509.0 ocm00013893 eng