St Antony''s Series

This book makes extensive use of Soviet sources to provide the first full analysis of Moscow''s ballistic missile defence policy from its origins to the most recent post-Soviet developments. It considers the Soviets'' motivations for pursuing an anti-ballistic missile capability and the extent of their success, and reveals that ballistic missile defence policy was used by every political leadership from Krushchev to Yeltsin as a means of sending signals about Moscow''s intentions to the West.