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Author:
Bateman, Aaron, author.
Title:
Weapons in space : technology, politics, and the rise and fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative / Aaron Bateman.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
pages cm
Subject:
Space control (Military science)--United States.
Strategic Defense Initiative.
Astronautics, Military--United States.
Space weapons.
United States--Relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Relations--United States.
Cold War.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
ISBN:
0262547368
9780262547369
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1394001007
LCCN:
2023024011
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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