Heavenly Ambitions : America's Quest to Dominate Space /

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In Heavenly Ambitions, Joan Johnson-Freese lays out her vision of the future of space as a frontier where nations cooperate, and military activity is circumscribed by arms control treaties that would allow no one nation to dominate--just as no one nation's military dominates the world's oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson-Freese, Joan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Raumfahrtpolitik
Space race.
Astronautics and state.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Conquête de l'espace > États-Unis.
Astronautique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Space race > United States.
Astronautics and state > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • Preface
  • Chapter. One Space
  • Chapter Two. The Evolution of U.S. Space Policy
  • Chapter Three. Space Weapons
  • Chapter Four. Strategic Communications
  • Chapter Five. Diplomacy and Arms Control
  • Chapter Six. Globalizing Space
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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