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Weapons in space : technology, politics, and the rise and fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative / Aaron Bateman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bateman, Aaron, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- Soviet Union--Relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- Space control (Military science)--United States.
- Space control (Military science).
- Strategic Defense Initiative.
- Astronautics, Military--United States.
- Astronautics, Military.
- Space weapons.
- Cold War.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 325 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Technology, politics, and the rise and fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The "Other Night Sky"
- The rise and fall of détente on Earth and in space
- Campaign for the high ground
- Out of the black
- "Europe must not leave space to the Americans"
- Out of the laboratory and into space
- SDI and the new world order
- SDI reconsidered
- A sense of déjà vu.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-314) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bateman, Aaron Weapons in space
- ISBN:
- 9780262547369
- 0262547368
- OCLC:
- 1394001007
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