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Missile Defenses and Western European Security Robert M. Soofer

Missile Defenses and Western European Security By Robert M. Soofer

Missile Defenses and Western European Security by Robert M. Soofer


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Summary

This study examines the logic underlying the Western European reactions to Ronald Reagan's announcement of plans for the strategic defense initiative (SDI) in March 1983, and assesses the validity of European anxieties about missile defenses.

Missile Defenses and Western European Security Summary

Missile Defenses and Western European Security: Nato Strategy, Arms Control, and Deterrence by Robert M. Soofer

Missile Defenses and Western European Security is an important contribution to the current debate on how new weapons initiatives will affect prospects for world peace. Soofer generously sprinkles the book with relevant quotes from high-ranking NATO officials, respected academicians, and military policy experts, thus enhancing the readers understanding of the subject.

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The NATO alliance has come under increasing strain since President Reagan's announcement of plans for the strategic defense initiative (SDI) in March 1983. This study examines the logic underlying Western European reactions to SDI and assesses the validity of European anxieties about missile defenses. Systematically analyzing the positions of France, Britain, and West Germany on the full spectrum of NATO defense issues, the author attempts to determine whether strategic and tactical missile defenses can in fact contribute to U.S. and Western security.

In his introduction, the author traces the history of NATO's doubts concerning the strategic nuclear guarantee, which were frequently expressed after the Soveits' first successful missile launches in the late 1950s. He next looks at Western European reactions to the SDI announcement and NATO's strategic thinking on deterrence and escalation. He discusses the relation between arms control considerations and the strategic defense initiative, focusing on NATO fears that SDI would lead to the abrogation of the 1972 ABM Treaty and with it the end of the arms control process. Turning to antitactical missile defense, Soofer argues that despite political opposition, there exists a substantial strategic rationale for missile defenses deployed in Western Europe. Offering clarification and new perspectives on many complex defense issues. Missile Defenses and Western European Security will be an important contribution to the current debate on how new weapons initiatives will affect prospects for world peace. This timely book is for specialists, students, and academics in the fields of strategic studies, peace studies,, arms control, diplomacy, and international relations.

About Robert M. Soofer

ROBERT M. SOOFER is an Instructor at Georgetown University and National Defense Analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee. He has contributed articles to Military Review, Comparative Strategy, Global Affairs, The London Times, and the Journal of Civil Defense, among others.

Table of Contents

Western European Reaction to the Strategic Defense Initiative Western Europe and the First ABM Debate: 1965-1972 SDI and Deterrence: A Western European Perspective Western European Arms Control Perspective and SDI SDI and Western European Support for the ABM Treaty Antitactical Missile Defense, Western Europe, and the INF Treaty Antitactical Missile Defense and NATO Strategy Summary and Conclusion

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NPB9780313263514
9780313263514
0313263515
Missile Defenses and Western European Security: Nato Strategy, Arms Control, and Deterrence by Robert M. Soofer
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1988-11-22
188
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