The Shield of Faith: A Chronicle of Strategic Defense from Zeppelins to Star Wars

By B. Bruce-Briggs

464 pages - From Civil War balloons to Star Wars, Briggs chronicles the century long political, military, and technological effort to guard against enemy attacks from the sky... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671695940
• ISBN13: 9780671695941
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Changed my mind on missile defense

This is a good read for anyone interested in the history of ballistic missile defense. Provides a new perspective on the current debate.