ABM : an evaluation of the decision to deploy an antiballistic missile system / editors Abram Chayes, Jerome B. Wiesner ; introduction by Edward M. Kennedy, contributors by Hans A. Bethe [and others].

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Book
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English
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[First edition].
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  • New York : Harper & Row, [1969]
  • ©1964
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xxii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    Contents
    • 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.
    Other title(s)
    A.B.M. : an evaluation of the decision to deploy an antiballistic missile system
    LCCN
    70088556
    OCLC
    13893
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