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Most people think Star Wars was Reagan's idea, but its roots reach decades farther back. Military historian Don Baucom traces them to the dawn of the atomic age in 1944.

In this first scholarly account of the origins of SDI, Baucom brings together the political, technological, and strategic forces that have shaped the history of ballistic missile defenses from World War II to the present day. He chronicles major technological developments and shows how SDI emerged in 1983 from the technological and strategic legacies of the ICBM, ABM, SALT, and SAFEGUARD programs.

Surprisingly, Baucom concludes that arms control was the primary impetus for Star Wars. He argues that the SDI program grew out of Reagan's desire to see the country defended against nuclear attack, his strong faith in technology, his concern about the impact of Soviet SS-18 missiles, and most importantly, his realization that the policy of offensive nuclear deterrence was increasingly unpopular.

The Origins of SDI is not an evaluation of the Star Wars program. Instead, it is both the story of a policy and a case study of presidential decision making. Baucom bases his conclusions on historical research as well as interviews with the participants in the decision making process. As a result, he provides both the broad historical context for the emergence of Star Wars program and an insider's account, unique in its level of detail, of presidential decision making and the search for consensus.

"This work will take its place as a standard and important reference work in the field.--"Stephen J. Cimbala, author of The Technology, Strategy, and Politics of SDI.

"Baucom has done some real spade work and has come up with the most thorough and likely most accurate version of events that I've seen or the closest we are likely to get for some time."--Gregg Herken, author of The Counsels of War and The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War.

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"This book is more than just an analysis of the events leading up to President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. It is a remarkably well-informed and clearly written account of ballistic missile defense in the whole post-war period. I think anyone interested in the history of American nuclear weapons policy will find this book very much worth reading."--Marc Trachtenberg, author of History and Strategy

"Baucom has done some real spade work and has come up with the most thorough and most accurate version of events that I've seen-or the closest we are likely to get for some time."--Gregg Herken, author of The Counsels of War and The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War

"This work will take its place as a standard and important reference work in the field."--Stephen J. Cimbala, author of The Technology, Strategy, and Politics of SDI

About the Author:
Donald R. Baucom received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Oklahoma in 1976 and is currently the historian for the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. During twenty-eight years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force he completed tours as a communications-electronics officer in Spain and Thailand; taught military history and a course on the interaction between science, technology, and warfare at the U.S. Air Force Academy; taught military history and strategy at the Air War College; and edited the Air University Review. He has also been an associate historian for the Space Station History Project at NASA Headquarters. He retired from the Air Force in 1990.

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  • PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0700611002
  • ISBN 13 9780700611003
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages296

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