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The Arms race in the era of star wars
Published
1988
by Macmillan in Basingstoke
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Written in
Edition Notes
Statement | edited byDavid Carlton and Carlo Schaerf. |
Series | Studies in disarmament and conflicts |
Contributions | Carlton, David, 1938-, Schaerf, Carlo. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | U815 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | xx,299p. : |
Number of Pages | 299 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL18823498M |
ISBN 10 | 0333362039 |
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Additional Physical Format: Online version: Arms race in the era of star wars. Basingstoke: Macmillan, (OCoLC) Material Type: Conference publication. The section ‘The arms race and “Star Wars”’ looks at the era of the frenzied arms race, which saw the vast SDI technological programme launched by President Reagan and the Euromissile crisis, with the installation by the US of Pershing II cruise missiles and rockets in Europe and the deployment of Soviet SS missiles in Eastern Europe.
Biggest/best/most nuclear weapons = WINNER Star Wars had considerable impact on relations between the USA and USSR, especially because it was the in the Reykjavik conference " Effects on the Cold War define that era. DEAL BREAKER Some say Star Wars helped to end the Cold War by. The Cold War arms race came to a tipping point in after the John F.
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Examples of arms races since the early 20th century. One example of an arms race is the “dreadnought” arms race between Germany and Britain prior to World War I. In the early 20th century, Germany as a rising power.
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Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the CPSU from until his. The book offers striking new evidence of the central role of Soviet leader Gorbachev in standing up to his own generals and slowing the nuclear competition between the superpowers.
Gorbachev’s achievements—braking what he called the speeding locomotive of the arms race, allowing a revolution in Europe to unfold peacefully, ending the.Arms Race Facts - 2: The United States wanted to show that it was stronger, more able and more intelligent than the USSR, and vice-versa.
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