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9780804778589
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The past five decades have witnessed often fierce international rivalry in space, but also surprising military restraint. Now, with an increasing number of countries capable of harming U.S. space assets, experts and officials have renewed a long-standing debate over the best route to space security. Some argue that space defenses will be needed to protect critical military and civilian satellites. Others argue that space should be a "sanctuary" from deployed weapons and military conflict, particularly given the worsening threat posed by orbital space debris. Moltz puts this debate into hist
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Explaining Space Security: Concepts and Historical Comparisons; 1. The Dynamics of Space Security: Existing Explanations; 2. Space and Environmental Security; Part II: Reassessing Twentieth-Century Space Security; 3. Roots of the U.S.-Soviet Space Race: 1920s-1962; 4. The Emergence of Cooperative Restraint: 1962-1975; 5. Challenges to Space Security and Their Resolution: 1976-1991; 6. Post-Cold War Space Uncertainty: 1992-2000; Part III: Considering Twenty-First-Century Space Security; 7. Renewed U.S. Space Nationalism: 2001-2008
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8. Expanding International Norms amid Tensions: 2009-Present9. Alternative Futures for Space Security; Index;
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ISBN 9780804780742
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804778589
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Politics of Space Security : Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests, Second Edition
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