The politics of space security : strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests

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Title:

The politics of space security : strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests

Author:

Moltz, James Clay.

Personal Author:

Moltz, James Clay.

Publication Information:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, [2008]

Physical Description:

xi, 367 pages ; 23 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

The dynamics of space security : existing explanations -- Space and environmental security -- Roots of the U.S.-Soviet Space Race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- A new U.S. perspective on space and its opponents : 2001-2007 -- Alternative futures for space security.

Subject Term:

Space security -- History.

Astronautics and state -- United States -- History.

Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union -- History.

Space warfare -- Prevention.

Space race -- History.

Geographic Term:

Outer space -- Civilian use -- Political aspects -- History.

Outer space -- Exploration -- Security measures.

ISBN:

9780804759144

9780804760102