Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense and the Western Alliance
- ISBN-10
- 0674826108
- ISBN-13
- 9780674826106
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- David Scott Yost
Description
Yost suggests that the challenges for Western policy posed by Soviet ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs stem partly from Soviet military programs, Soviet arms control policies, and Soviet public diplomacy campaigns, and partly from the West's own intra-alliance disagreements and lack of consensus about Western security requirements.
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