Product Description

US missile defence policy plays a crucial part on the international scene and is typically studied from US perspectives. This book is different. It delivers sharp analyses of regional and national variations and integrates them with US viewpoints. This book shows that the global ramifications of US missile defence policy are contingent upon distinct regional and national variations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2908017 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

From the Back Cover

What will be the international ramifications of the American plans to deploy a comprehensive national missile defence? Usually, missile defence is analysed from a distinct American perspective. This approach has one serious drawback, however, its one-dimensional focus on the US pictures world politics equally one-dimensional; US action automatically entails uniform reaction. In this anthology we propose a more balanced approach. By integrating a focus on US policy with a strong analysis of regional dynamics, we show that the global ramifications of US policy are indeed contingent upon distinct regional and national variations. These differences in turn have consequences both for the challenges the US faces in relation to missile defense and the future of world politics.

About the Author

Rockets' Red Glare: Missile Denfeses and the Future of World Politics Wirtz, Larsen (Westview Press, 2001)

Ballistic Missile Defense and the Future of American Security: Agendas, Perceptions Technology and Policy Handberg (Praeger, 2002)

Shield of Dreams: Missile Defenses and Nuclear Strategy Cimbala (Praeger, 2003)

Bertel Heurlin

Sten Rynning

Kristian Søby Kristensen

Wilhelm Agrell

Tarja Cronberg

Alla Kassianova

Peter Dyvad

Birthe Hansen

Ingemar Dörfer