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"Does Strategic Defense Breed Offense?"

"Does Strategic Defense Breed Offense?"

Occasional Paper 1, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and University Press of America

1987

Authors: Herbert York, Albert Carnesale, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project (on leave), Harvard & Stanford Universities, George Rathjens, Stephen P. Rosen

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For Academic Citation:

York, Herbert (with contributions by Albert Carnesale, Ashton Carter, George Rathjens, and Stephen Rosen). "Does Strategic Defense Breed Offense?." Occasional Paper 1, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and University Press of America, Cambridge, Mass., 1987.

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