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American Political Science Review, December, 1993 by Mayer, Kenneth R.
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Any scholar who seeks a comprehensive and reasonably parsimonious explanation for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) faces a daunting task. The SDI appeared more or less out of nowhere, quickly developed into a multi-billion-dollar effort even though many influential policymakers (and almost every independent scientist) considered the idea preposterous, and is rightly characterized as perhaps the most controversial strategic program ever.
It faded rapidly after 1988, however; and despite efforts by supporters to promote scaled-down versions, the space-based component was ...
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