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On the Edge of Earth : The Future of American Space Power /
"" The United States has long exploited Earth's orbits to enhance security, generate wealth, and solidify its position as a world leader. America's ambivalence toward military activities in space, however, has the potential to undermine our future security. Many in Washington pos...
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2001]
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: The Vital Force; 1. In Space Is Our Trust: How and Why Does Space Impact the United States?; How Did We Reach Space?; What Can a World-Circling Spacecraft Do for Us?; How Does Space Serve the Public Good?; Why Is Business Looking Up?; How Is Space Revolutionizing National Defense?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 2. Space and International Security Affairs: What Role Does Space Play in International Relations?; What Are the Significant Global Trends?; What Is a Spacefaring Nation, and What Is a Space Power? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a How Do Satellites Empower Other Nations?How Do Nations Cooperate?; How Has the Space Age Affected Diplomacy?; What Is Permitted and Prohibited Under International Law?; Are There Bureaucrats in Space Too?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 3. Evolution of a Space Power: What Are the Implications of the Space Revolution for U.S. Military Strategy?; Why Is the United States a Natural Space Power?; How Does Space Tie into the U.S. Security Strategy?; How Does Space Help Meet Current Military Requirements?; How Can the United States Satisfy Future Military Requirements?; What Is in the Space Arsenal? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a What Obstacles Lie before U.S. Space Power?What Is the Bottom Line?; Part 2: In the Arena; 4. Survival in the Twenty-first Century: Is There a Credible Threat to U.S. Space Systems?; How Shall We Understand Threats to U.S. Space Systems?; How Can the United States Assure Its Space Operations?; Why Attack the United States in Space?; Is There a Credible Threat to U.S. Space Systems Today?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 5. The Shattered Sanctum: How Might Space Be Used against the United States?; What Foreign National Space Capabilities Exist? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a What Are the Military Implications of Proliferating Space Systems?Can We Counter Hostile Uses of Space?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 6. The Pitfalls of Arrogance and the Limits of Military Power: How Might a Technologically Inferior Adversary Gain an Advantage?; What Is Mirror-Imaging and How Is It Harmful?; How Might the Weak Defeat the Strong?; What Kinds of Strategic Effects Might Space Operations Have?; What Is Being Said Abroad about Space and Warfare?; What Is the Bottom Line?; Part 3: Confronting Janus; 7. National Defense Space Policy: How Has Policy Evolved since Eisenhower? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a What Is Policy?What Are the Origins of the ""Freedom of Space"" Principle?; How Has U.S. Space Policy Evolved?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 8. Freedom of Space and the Defect of Present Policy: Why Is the United States Unprepared for Its Military Future in Space?; Is Space a Battlefield?; What Has Congress Said about the ""New Battlefield""?; Is Space a Sanctuary?; What Is the Bottom Line?; 9. Putting on a New Face: Maturing the United States' Policy Vision; Vision; Policy; Strategy; Rhetoric; Diplomacy; Organization; Programs; Resources; Intelligence; International Law; Education. | |
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