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• catalog abstract "From the front jacket flap: Contrary to widespread expectations in the wake of Sputnik, outer space did not immediately become a new arena for a superpower arms competition. Although the United States and the Soviet Union began to use space extensively for military purposes, both exhibited relatively little interest in the development of space weaponry. By the beginning of the 1980s, however, an arms race in space seemed inevitable. Now both the United States and the Soviet Union have developed the means to disable satellites and are now also considering the deployment of ballistic missile defenses in space. Why were these weapons never extensively developed earlier? What changed in the late 1970s to reverse the predominant trend in the militarization of space? What are the lessons for arms control and for Soviet-American relations in general? Paul Stares addresses these fundamental questions by examining the factors that have shaped United States policy towards the military use of space and in particular the development of antisatellite weapons. States relies heavily on declassified documents found in Presidential libraries and made available under the Freedom of Information Act, and he obtained additional information from a comprehensive series of interview with former members of the U.S. government and armed services. By judicious use of this material, he provides the first detailed account of United States space weapons policy and programs. An invaluable source of information for defense analysts and scholars of international relations, The Militarization of Space is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand present United States military space policy and its implications for the future.".
• catalog contributor b483628.
• catalog coverage "United States Military policy.".
• catalog created "1985.".
• catalog date "1985".
• catalog date "1985.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
• catalog description "Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Military importance of outer space -- Sense of Deja Vu -- 2: Origins Of The US Military Space Programme, 1945-1957 -- Introduction -- Early days -- US reconnaissance satellite programme -- Scientific satellite programme -- Conclusion -- 3: Eisenhower And The Space Challenge -- Introduction -- Reaction to Sputnik and the reorganization of the US Space programme -- US policy towards the military use of space, 1957-1960 -- Conclusion -- 4: Kennedy And The Years Of Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Review and reorganization -- Legitimization of US satellite reconnaissance -- Pressure to expand the military space programme -- Arms control and the orbital bomb threat -- Conclusion -- 5: Johnson Years: The Consolidation Of Policy -- Introduction -- US Policy: conformity and contradiction -- Soviet FOBS threat -- Negotiations leading to the 1967 outer space treaty -- Conclusion -- 6: US Antisatellite Research And Development, 1957-1970 -- ".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. 272-281.".
• catalog description "Early US research on space weaponry -- Major antisatellite projects -- US space detection and tracking facilities -- 7: New Soviet Space Challenge, 1968-1977 -- Introduction -- First phase of satellite interceptor tests, 1968-1971 -- Expanding Soviet military space programme -- Resumption of ASAT testing and the debate over the Soviet beam weapon programme -- Motives -- Conclusion -- 8:Nixon And Ford: Continuity And Change -- Introduction -- Nixon and the military space programme -- Ford Administration: towards a change in US policy -- Conclusion -- 9: Carter And The Two-Track Policy -- Introduction -- Formation of Carter's space policy -- Continuing Soviet space challenge -- Pursuit of ASAT arms control -- Conclusion -- 10: US Antisatellite Research And Development, 1971-1981 -- Fall and rise of the US ASAT programme -- Space defence research under Carter -- US directed energy weapons programme -- 11: Reagan Presidency: Towards An Arms Race In Space, 1981-1984 -- Introduction -- ".
• catalog description "From the front jacket flap: Contrary to widespread expectations in the wake of Sputnik, outer space did not immediately become a new arena for a superpower arms competition. Although the United States and the Soviet Union began to use space extensively for military purposes, both exhibited relatively little interest in the development of space weaponry. By the beginning of the 1980s, however, an arms race in space seemed inevitable. Now both the United States and the Soviet Union have developed the means to disable satellites and are now also considering the deployment of ballistic missile defenses in space. Why were these weapons never extensively developed earlier? What changed in the late 1970s to reverse the predominant trend in the militarization of space? What are the lessons for arms control and for Soviet-American relations in general? Paul Stares addresses these fundamental questions by examining the factors that have shaped United States policy towards the military use of space and in particular the development of antisatellite weapons. States relies heavily on declassified documents found in Presidential libraries and made available under the Freedom of Information Act, and he obtained additional information from a comprehensive series of interview with former members of the U.S. government and armed services. By judicious use of this material, he provides the first detailed account of United States space weapons policy and programs. An invaluable source of information for defense analysts and scholars of international relations, The Militarization of Space is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand present United States military space policy and its implications for the future.".
• catalog description "US Military space policy under Reagan -- Arming for the high frontier -- Strategic defense initiative -- Farewell to space arms control -- Conclusion -- 12: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Explaining the US-Soviet militarization of space -- Lessons for arms control -- From cold war to hot war: implications for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix I: US space programme expenditures -- Appendix II: US-Soviet antisatellite tests and space launches -- Glossary of acronyms -- Note on research methodology and sources -- Selected bibliography -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog extent "334 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Militarization of space.".
• catalog identifier "0801418100".
• catalog isFormatOf "Militarization of space.".
• catalog isPartOf "Cornell studies in security affairs".
• catalog issued "1985".
• catalog issued "1985.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
• catalog relation "Militarization of space.".
• catalog spatial "United States Military policy.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "Astronautics, Military United States History.".
• catalog subject "UG1523 .S83 1985".
• catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Military importance of outer space -- Sense of Deja Vu -- 2: Origins Of The US Military Space Programme, 1945-1957 -- Introduction -- Early days -- US reconnaissance satellite programme -- Scientific satellite programme -- Conclusion -- 3: Eisenhower And The Space Challenge -- Introduction -- Reaction to Sputnik and the reorganization of the US Space programme -- US policy towards the military use of space, 1957-1960 -- Conclusion -- 4: Kennedy And The Years Of Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Review and reorganization -- Legitimization of US satellite reconnaissance -- Pressure to expand the military space programme -- Arms control and the orbital bomb threat -- Conclusion -- 5: Johnson Years: The Consolidation Of Policy -- Introduction -- US Policy: conformity and contradiction -- Soviet FOBS threat -- Negotiations leading to the 1967 outer space treaty -- Conclusion -- 6: US Antisatellite Research And Development, 1957-1970 -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Early US research on space weaponry -- Major antisatellite projects -- US space detection and tracking facilities -- 7: New Soviet Space Challenge, 1968-1977 -- Introduction -- First phase of satellite interceptor tests, 1968-1971 -- Expanding Soviet military space programme -- Resumption of ASAT testing and the debate over the Soviet beam weapon programme -- Motives -- Conclusion -- 8:Nixon And Ford: Continuity And Change -- Introduction -- Nixon and the military space programme -- Ford Administration: towards a change in US policy -- Conclusion -- 9: Carter And The Two-Track Policy -- Introduction -- Formation of Carter's space policy -- Continuing Soviet space challenge -- Pursuit of ASAT arms control -- Conclusion -- 10: US Antisatellite Research And Development, 1971-1981 -- Fall and rise of the US ASAT programme -- Space defence research under Carter -- US directed energy weapons programme -- 11: Reagan Presidency: Towards An Arms Race In Space, 1981-1984 -- Introduction -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "US Military space policy under Reagan -- Arming for the high frontier -- Strategic defense initiative -- Farewell to space arms control -- Conclusion -- 12: Conclusion -- Introduction -- Explaining the US-Soviet militarization of space -- Lessons for arms control -- From cold war to hot war: implications for the future -- Appendices -- Appendix I: US space programme expenditures -- Appendix II: US-Soviet antisatellite tests and space launches -- Glossary of acronyms -- Note on research methodology and sources -- Selected bibliography -- Notes -- Index.".
• catalog title "The militarization of space : U.S. policy, 1945-1984 / Paul B. Stares.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".