Way Out There in the Blue
Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of the Cold War (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14529420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gregg Herken (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 385-386 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2001.0062 |
| OpenAlex | W2075417104 |
| Language | EN |
The hope of rendering nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete" that Ronald Reagan raised in March 1983, in his famous "Star Wars" speech, is still very much with us. While both the technology and the political setting have changed since then, the results are thus far pretty much the same
Astrophysics · Cold war · Computer graphics (images) · Economic history · Nuclear weapon · Physics · Political science · Politics · Rendering (computer graphics) · Star (game theory) · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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