Rockets' Red Glare: Missile Defense and the Future of World Politics

Wirtz, James J. (Editor), and Larsen, Jeffrey A. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0813364507 / ISBN 13: 9780813364506

Published by Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 2001

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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xvi, 352 p. Appendices. About the Contributors. Acronyms. Index. Black mark on bottom edge. DJ has slight sticker residue on front cover. Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged non-nuclear tactical and theater missiles. The United States, Russia, China, India, Israel, and France have all developed such air defense systems. In the United States, missile defense was originally the responsibility of the U.S. Army. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has developed maritime systems and command and control that will eventually be transferred to the Navy and Air Force for operation and sustainment. James J. Wirtz joined NPS in 1990 as a professor for the department of National Security Affairs. He has taught courses on nuclear strategy, international relations theory, and intelligence while at NPS. He served as Chair of the National Security Affairs from January 2000 and January 2005. He currently serves as Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies. Professor Wirtz is also a renowned author. Professor Wirtz is a past president of the International Security and Arms Control Section of the American Political Science Association and the former section chair of the Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association. In 2005, he was a visiting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. He began his teaching career at Franklin & Marshall College, Penn State University and the State University of New York, Binghamton. A native of New Jersey, Professor Wirtz earned his degrees in Political Science from Columbia University (MPhil 1987, PhD 1989), and the University of Delaware (MA 1983, BA 1980). In 1985-86 he was a John M. Olin Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Professor Wirtz is the author of The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War (Cornell University Press, 1991, 1994); co-editor with T.V. Paul and Richard Harknett of The Absolute Weapon Revisited: Nuclear Arms and the Emerging International Order (Michigan University Press, 1998, 2000); co-editor with Peter Lavoy and Scott Sagan of Planning the Unthinkable: New Powers and their Doctrines for Using Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons (Cornell University Press, 2000); co-editor with Jeffrey Larsen of Rockets' Red Glare: National Missile Defense and the Future of World Politics (Westview, 2001); co-editor with Roy Godson of Strategic Denial and Deception (Transaction, 2002); co-editor with Eliot Cohen, Colin Gray and John Baylis of Strategy in the Contemporary World (Oxford, 2002, 2006, 2009); co-editor with Loch Johnson of Intelligence: Windows Into a Hidden World (Roxberry, 2004); co-editor with T.V. Paul and Michelle Fortmann of Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century (Stanford: 2004); co-editor with Eric Croddy of the Encyclopedia of Weapons of Mass Destruction (ABC-Clio, 2004); co-editor with Jeffrey A. Larsen of Nuclear Transformation: The New U.S. Nuclear Doctrine (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005); co-editor with Loch Johnson of Intelligence and National Security: The Secret World of Spies (Oxford 2007, 2010); co-editor with James Russell of Globalization and WMD Proliferation: Terrorism, Transnational Networks and International Security (Routledge, 2007); co-editor with Jeffrey Larsen, of Stability from the Sea: Naval Roles in Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Operations (Routledge, 2009); co-editor with Jeffrey Larsen of Arms Control and Cooperative Security (Lynne Rienner, 2009), co-editor with T.V. Paul and Pat Morgan of Complex Deterrence (Chicago, 2009) and co-editor with Peter Lavoy of Over the Horizon Proliferation Threats (Stanford, 2012). His work on in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rockets' Red Glare: Missile Defense and the Future of World Politics
• Publisher: Westview Press, Boulder, CO
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813364507
• ISBN 13: 9780813364506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition. First printing [stated].
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crisis Management
  • Deterrence
  • Arms Control

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Synopsis

Remember the Star Wars SDI debate? Its been revived, and here is the primer on President Bushs goal for a national missile defense system.. President George W. Bush called on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield to make sure that that the missile defense receives the priority we think it must, sharpening the debate over the most critical issue in American foreign policy. The Rockets Red Glare: Missile Defenses and the Future of World Politics is an unique, informative and authoritative examination of the issues at the core of the debate. Leading experts provide the historical background to todays debate, analyze the options, examine the domestic and global contexts, and explore the potential international reactions to an American deployment of missile defenses. With nuance and balance, the authors suggest that in a deeply connected international system, any American decision will likely have cascading and unintended repercussions, some increasing and others decreasing American security and influence. As the debate on missile defenses intensifies, this book will provide a sound foundation for a fair assessment of arguments from both sides.

About the Author

James J. Wirtzis Associate Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Jeffrey A. Larsen is a Senior Policy Analyst at Science Applications International Corporation in Colorado Springs, CO. Both have published widely in scholarly and professional journals. James J. Wirtzis Associate Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Jeffrey A. Larsen is a Senior Policy Analyst at Science Applications International Corporation in Colorado Springs, CO. Both have published widely in scholarly and professional journals.