The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense

Hey, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1574889818 / ISBN 13: 9781574889819

Published by Potomac Books, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574889818
• ISBN 13: 9781574889819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The year 1982 was a desperate time for the U.S. defense community. The United States had no effective system to protect itself completely from a Soviet attack with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Soviet Union possessed in large quantity, and the doomsday philosophy of mutually assured destruction seemed inescapable. But people in the Reagan administration, including Reagan himself, were not content with what they viewed as a morally unacceptable status quo. Then Adm. James Watkins, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked, “Wouldn’t it be better if we could develop a system that would protect, rather than avenge, our people?” With that, the president’s commitment to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) became certain. Ultimately, SDI reflected Western political idealism, a powerful ingredient in the struggle to finally conquer the terrors of the Cold War and to allay the threat of nuclear holocaust. The Star Wars Enigma tells this dramatic story.

About the Author

Nigel Hey, author of Wonderment, says his greatest compliment as a writer came from a reviewer who remarked that his prose “can turn the rigors of joy or sadness into jewels of curiosity and adventure.” Another favorite comment came from a man who lives in Honolulu. Reading this book, he wrote, was “something that will help me become a better writer and a better person.”