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Strategic thinking, deterrence and the US ballistic missile defense project
Introduction -- 1. Deterrence theory, World order and Missile Defense -- 2. The Emergence of the Missile Defense Project after 1945 -- 3. Holding the Line Against the Nuclear Warfighters? The Clinton Administration and the Containment of Rogue States -- 4 .The Paradigm Shift: the George W. Bush Administration's Embrace of Missile Defense -- 5. Finding the Middle Ground? The Obama Administration's Consolidation and Expansion of Missile Defense -- 6. Destabilizing Great Power Relations: Russian and Chinese Hard Balancing against US Missile Defense -- 7. The Contours of the Missile Defense Debate in the Twenty-First Century -- 8. The Persistence of the Missile Defense Project: Domestic and Systemic Drivers -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-218) and index.
Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, [2013]