The Star wars controversy / produced by Ralph Steiner.

Documentary from interviews which explore the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Includes statements from officials representing the White House, the Pentagon, a major United States weapons laboratory, and SDI leadership. Program explores SDI’s impact upon: arms control, U.S.-Soviet relations, the economy, and relations with other allies. Also discussed are alternative defense plans.|THE STAR WARS CONTROVERSY / produced by Ralph Steiner. Documentary from interviews which explore the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Includes statements from officials representing the White House, the Pentagon, a major U.S. weapons laboratory, and SDI leadership. Program explores SDI’s impact upon: arms control, U.S. Soviet relations, the economy, and relations with other allies. Also discussed are alternative defense plans. PARTICIPANTS: George Keyworth II, James Abrahamson, Gerold Yenas, Paul Nitze, Edward Teller, Lowell Wood, Robert Perret, Hugh DeWitt, Robert Jastrow, Daniel O. Graham, Hans Bethe, Robert S. McNamara, Sidney Dell, Thomas Longstreath, Gordon Adams, Richard Garwin, William Perry, John Holdren, Mike Weissman, David L. Parnas, Daniel Ellsberg, Roald Sagdeev, Vladimir Shustov, Mike Shuman, and Gordon Feller. BROADCAST: via Satellite, 29 Jan. 1986.