Stephen J. Cimbala is professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.

• Introduction: Strategic Defense—Ever Promising, Ever Frustrating -- Are Ballistic Missile Defenses Necessary? Three Perspectives -- Nuclear War in a Defense-dominant World -- Is Ballistic Missile Defense a Good Idea? -- Strategic Defense: A Third View -- Point Defenses: Halfway House or Strategic Misdirection? -- Point Defense: Gateway to the SDI -- Protecting Strategic Forces: The Contribution of Point Defense to Crisis Deterrence -- SDI and the Atlantic Alliance: Strategy and Policy Issues -- SDI: The Transatlantic Challenge -- British and French Strategic Forces: Response Options to Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense -- Soviet Strategic Policy and the Impact of SDI -- The Impact of the SDI on Soviet National Security Policy -- Soviet Strategic Defense and Military Space Systems -- SDI and Arms Control: Compatible or Conflictual? -- Arms Control and Strategic Defense: The Past Need Be No Prelude -- Strategie Defense and Arms Control: Are They Compatible?

Stephen J. Cimbala is professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.

• Introduction: Strategic Defense—Ever Promising, Ever Frustrating -- Are Ballistic Missile Defenses Necessary? Three Perspectives -- Nuclear War in a Defense-dominant World -- Is Ballistic Missile Defense a Good Idea? -- Strategic Defense: A Third View -- Point Defenses: Halfway House or Strategic Misdirection? -- Point Defense: Gateway to the SDI -- Protecting Strategic Forces: The Contribution of Point Defense to Crisis Deterrence -- SDI and the Atlantic Alliance: Strategy and Policy Issues -- SDI: The Transatlantic Challenge -- British and French Strategic Forces: Response Options to Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense -- Soviet Strategic Policy and the Impact of SDI -- The Impact of the SDI on Soviet National Security Policy -- Soviet Strategic Defense and Military Space Systems -- SDI and Arms Control: Compatible or Conflictual? -- Arms Control and Strategic Defense: The Past Need Be No Prelude -- Strategie Defense and Arms Control: Are They Compatible?

Stephen J. Cimbala is professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.

• Introduction: Strategic Defense—Ever Promising, Ever Frustrating -- Are Ballistic Missile Defenses Necessary? Three Perspectives -- Nuclear War in a Defense-dominant World -- Is Ballistic Missile Defense a Good Idea? -- Strategic Defense: A Third View -- Point Defenses: Halfway House or Strategic Misdirection? -- Point Defense: Gateway to the SDI -- Protecting Strategic Forces: The Contribution of Point Defense to Crisis Deterrence -- SDI and the Atlantic Alliance: Strategy and Policy Issues -- SDI: The Transatlantic Challenge -- British and French Strategic Forces: Response Options to Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense -- Soviet Strategic Policy and the Impact of SDI -- The Impact of the SDI on Soviet National Security Policy -- Soviet Strategic Defense and Military Space Systems -- SDI and Arms Control: Compatible or Conflictual? -- Arms Control and Strategic Defense: The Past Need Be No Prelude -- Strategie Defense and Arms Control: Are They Compatible?