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Overview"At a time when no other country enjoys the advantages that the United States currently reaps from space, some U.S. officials argue that U.S. space defenses will be needed to protect access to critical military and civilian assets in orbit. Others argue that space should be a valuable ""sanctuary"" from deployed weapons and military conflict. To inform this debate—and develop meaningful guidelines for the future—Clay Moltz has undertaken the only comprehensive study of the first 50 years of space security, highlighting the main trends in military space developments, their underlying causes, and the factors that are likely to influence their future course. What emerges is a picture of surprising military restraint shown by the United States and the Soviet Union in space, and the inescapable conclusion that the only way forward is through a multilateral commitment to interdependent, environmentally focused space security." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Clay MoltzPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780804760102ISBN 10: 0804760101 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 24 June 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsReviewsClay Moltz reassesses the importance of the superpowers' growing knowledge about harmful effects in the space environment especially space radiation and debris and explains how this environmental learning fundamentally shaped space security interactions during the Cold War. A truly seminal book that not only illuminates an underappreciated factor in past space security decision-making but also sheds light on how environmental learning may play a key role in overcoming challenges and improving future space security. <br>--Dr. Peter Hays, Associate Director, Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy Author InformationJames Clay Moltz is an Associate Professor on the National Security Affairs faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School. He taught previously in the Monterey Institute's Graduate School of International Policy Studies and held various positions at the institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) including CNS deputy director and founding editor of The Nonproliferation Review. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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