The Strategic Defence Initiative

The Strategic Defence Initiative
Author: Mira Duric
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351881507

Central to US foreign policy, the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) was launched by Ronald Reagan in 1983. While the Reagan administration failed to deploy the SDI system, it featured prominently in the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union. This insightful book examines SDI and the Reagan administration through an evaluation of the role of the SDI in the end of the Cold War. Presenting an extensive range of primary and secondary material together with interviews, the book will be welcomed by academics and upper level students interested in politics and history.

Managing U.s.-soviet Rivalry

Managing U.s.-soviet Rivalry
Author: Alexander L. George
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429725205

This book examines the lessons of the U.S.-Soviet experiment with detente in the 1970s, with particular attention to the effort to develop a basis for cooperating in crisis prevention. It provides a reconceptualization of the problem of moderating U.S.-Soviet rivalry.