Volume 33, Number 1 · January 30, 1986
The Wonders of Star Wars
By Lord Zuckerman
Star Warriors: A Penetrating Look Into the Lives of the Young Scientists Behind Our Space Age Weaponry
by William J. Broad
Simon and Schuster, 245 pp., $16.95
How to Make Nuclear Weapons Obsolete
by Robert Jastrow
Little, Brown, 175 pp., $15.95
Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment
325 pp., $12.00
The Geneva summit has come and gone, leaving Mr. Gorbachev adamant that the Strategic Defense Initiative program is a critical impediment to any significant nuclear arms control agreement—for the simple reason that it would inevitably drive the arms race into space. President Reagan on the other hand, remains bewitched by what he continues to call his dream, a dream of a shield of defense systems in space which would liberate mankind from 'the prison of mutual terror.' So there it is—as the USSR sees it, a choice between survival and mutual suicide; for Mr. Reagan, a beautiful dream. Where does reason lie? Will there be anything new at the summit later this year?
Review, 11449 words
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