Star Wars Debate
Daniel Graham and Randall Forsberg
Wednesday, 12 Feb 1986 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Lt. General Daniel Graham directs High Frontiers, a foundation that promotes the development of non-nuclear, space-based defenses against nuclear attack (SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative). He was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. His books include High Frontier: A New National Strategy and A Defense That Defends.Randall Forsberg funded and directs the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. She was on the staff of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in Sweden. She co-authored The Price of Defense and helped launch the Nuclear Weapon Freeze Campaign after writing the Campaign document "Call to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race." In 1983 she received a MacArthur Foundation award for her contribution to society.
Part of the National Affairs Series.
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