The United States Space Force : Space, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security / Lamont C. Colucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colucci, Lamont C., author.

United States. Department of Defense, author.

Colucci, Lamont, author.

Series:

Praeger Security International.

Praeger Security International

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Space Force.

United States.

National security--United States.

National security.

Outer space--Strategic aspects.

Outer space.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) : illustration.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger, 2022.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

The United States Space Force, the sixth branch of the armed forces, will soon play a leading role in American foreign policy and will be necessary to protect its economic, political, and social interests at home and abroad. This book argues that America's newest branch of the armed forces, the United States Space Force, will soon play a key strategic role in American foreign policy, military and economic expansion, and technological innovation. Written by a leading expert on and member of the Space Force, the book offers an introduction to the Space Force, explains the urgent need for it, and walks readers through what exactly the Space Force is and is not. Drawing on dozens of interviews with high-ranking members of the armed forces, the author claims that, in the future, space will be the geopolitical center of world politics, as such countries as the U.S., Russia, and China jockey for control of it. America must therefore set aside partisan politics to make space a top priority, as a failure to do so will leave the U.S. and its citizens in a dangerous and vulnerable position on the world stage.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. America at the Crossroads of Grand Strategy

2. History

3. Grand Strategy and Space Dominance

4. Space Intelligence

5. Allies, Diplomacy, and International Law

6. The Triplanetary Economy

7. Strategic Competition, Great Powers, Threats, and Enemies

8. The Service and the Mission

9. Pax Americana and Pax Astra

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

"February 2019."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216183532

9798216184195

9781440874840

1440874840

OCLC:

1345242581