{"product_id":"threat-of-ballistic-missiles-in-the-middle-east-stav-2004","title":"The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East by Arieh Stav","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East (Revised 2004 Edition on Middle East Missile Defence)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSixteen Expert Studies on Ballistic Missile Proliferation and Active Defence, Edited by Arieh Stav\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arieh Stav\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arieh Stav\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sussex Academic Press, Brighton ; Portland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781845190019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1845190017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revised, reset edition, first published privately in 1999. Edited by Arieh Stav.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover with illustrated dust jacket in gold\/yellow with red title lettering and a missile launch photograph, covered in a clear protective film.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo hardcover, 298 pages. Text pages only seen, no maps or plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The boards beneath the jacket are not described. The jacket is covered in a clear library-style film that is wrinkled and creased in places, with tape patches at the top left and lower front, and at the top right and bottom right of the back. A barcode label is stuck to the lower back.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is tight and the binding sound. The title page and copyright page are clean. Sampled pages are clean and bright, free of foxing and markings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Appears to be a former library copy, with taped label areas and a barcode sticker to the rear of the jacket. No stamps, bookplates or inscriptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with tape repairs, wrinkling, and sticker and tape marks beneath a clear film cover. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures is a collection of sixteen research articles by experts from Israel, the United States and Britain. It examines the danger posed by the spread of relatively cheap ballistic missiles in the region, with the threat to Israel a central concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors consider how missiles might be intercepted at different stages of flight, covering boost-phase, midcourse and terminal defence. The volume also weighs interception against the alternatives of retaliation and pre-emptive strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2004 issue is a revised and reset edition of the 1999 volume Ballistic Missiles: The Threat and the Response, brought out under the imprint of Sussex Academic Press in association with the Ariel Center for Policy Research. It is a useful reference for students of Middle East security, missile defence and Israeli strategic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Arieh Stav\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArieh Stav was born in 1939 in Rovno, Poland, now in Ukraine. 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