Making the MIRV: A Study of Defense Decision Making - Softcover

Greenwood, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819170771 ISBN 13: 9780819170774

Publisher: University Press of America, 1988

Synopsis

A definitive study of the decision-making process that led to the development and deployment of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles on intercontinental ballistic missiles. This book takes a multi-dimensional approach to trace the variety of factors that affected the program. The MIRV case provides a broad basis for identifying general features of the U.S. weapons acquisition process, as well as policy lessons for those who wish to improve it. First published in 1977 by Greenwood Press, it is directed toward graduate and undergraduate level students of political science and American foreign policy.

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...state-of-the-art analysis of bureaucratic machinations and the politics of military acquisition and policy making.--Orbis

...an important contribution...--Sage Public Administration Abstracts

Synopsis

Reprint of the 1975 Ballinger edition. A definitive study of the decision-making process that led to the development and deployment of multiple independent targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) on intercontinental missiles. For those interested in public decision making, US defense, nuclear strategy, and foreign policy. Annotation copyright Book News,

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819170771
• ISBN 13: 9780819170774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256