Aaron Bateman

Weapons in Space

Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This is the first historical work that situates the Strategic Defense Initiative within a new phase in the militarization of space, uncovering a largely secret history of the role of military space technologies in late-Cold War U.S. defense strategy and foreign relations"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 228mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780262547369
• ISBN-10: 0262547368
• Artikelnr.: 70517428

Autorenporträt

Aaron Bateman is Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University and a member of the Space Policy Institute. He has published widely on intelligence, transatlantic relations, and the military use of space during the Cold War and beyond. Prior to academia, he served as a US Air Force intelligence officer.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ix
THE “OTHER NIGHT SKY” 1
1 THE RISE AND FALL OF DÉTENTE ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 11
2 CAMPAIGN FOR THE HIGH GROUND 41
3 OUT OF THE BLACK 73
4 “EUROPE MUST NOT LEAVE SPACE TO THE AMERICANS” 99
5 OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND INTO SPACE 133
6 SDI AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER 165
SDI RECONSIDERED 197
A SENSE OF DÉJÀ VU 209
NOTES 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX 315