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Weapons in space : technology, politics, and the rise and fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bateman, Aaron (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Space control (Military science) > United States.
Strategic Defense Initiative.
Astronautics, Military > United States.
Space weapons.
Cold War.
United States > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > United States.
Contrôle de l'espace (Science militaire) > États-Unis.
Initiative de défense stratégique.
Astronautique militaire > États-Unis.
Armes spatiales.
Guerre froide.
Astronautics, Military
International relations
Space control (Military science)
Space weapons
Strategic Defense Initiative
Soviet Union
United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The "Other Night Sky"
  • The Rise and Fall of Detente 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 Deja Vu.