Topics

1. Historical Context: SDI versus “Star Wars” and MAD
    
2. Nixon, Détente, MAD, the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972, and its Link to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) Agreement
    
3. The Madness of MAD: Soviet 1970s Actions against MAD; Reagan’s MAD Choices at NORAD; and Reagan’s Early Announcements and Directives on U.S. ABMs
    
4. SDI, the Scowcroft Commission, and Reagan NSDDs on SDI Consultations and Public Diplomacy—1983 to 1987
    
5. Reagan Directives and Reports on Full U.S. SDI Compliance with the ABM Treaty
    
6. Reagan’s Public Diplomacy Reports on U.S.-Soviet Strategic Missile Defense Asymmetries and Soviet Propaganda against SDI—1985 to 1986
    
7. Reagan Reports on Soviet Violations of the ABM Treaty and other Arms Control Agreements—1984 to 1988
    
8. SDI and Nuclear and Space Talks (NST)—SDI Never a “Bargaining Chip”
    
9. ASAT: Reagan’s Anti-Satellite Defense and Arms Control Policies, Soviet “Militarization of Space” Propaganda, and U.S. Reports on U.S. and Soviet ASAT Programs and Arms Control
    
10. A Note on U.S.-Soviet Civil (and Industrial) Defense Asymmetries
     
11. Looking Back, Looking Ahead, and Why Reagan Was Not a Nuclear Abolitionist