Hit to Kill : The New Battle Over Shielding America from Missile Attack

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover dust wrapper, xxxii/430pp, b&w plates. Light wear to edges of dw/boards, small chip at top of front dw spine fold, previous owner's name top right of front fep; a very good copy. Graham, a longtime military and foreign affairs correspondent for The Washington Post, tells the behind-the-scenes story of how national missile defense, once considered a discredited relic of the Cold War, was revived during the 1990s to address an emerging Third World missile threat. Graham recounts the political battles surrounding national missile defense and the technological trials and tribulations of the major defense firms involved in the project.