Volume 32, Number 6 · April 11, 1985
The War for Star Wars
By George W. Ball
In a speech to the nation on March 23, 1983, President Reagan announced his Strategic Defense ('Star Wars') Initiative, which, he said, 'holds the promise of changing the course of history.' The abrupt broadcasting of that unexamined project to the nation—and to the world—was, in my view, one of the most irresponsible acts by any head of state in modern times.
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