Space and Security - A Reference Handbook

This thorough examination of the roots and motivations for U.S. national security space policy provides an essential foundation for considering current space security issues. During the Cold War era, space was an important arena for the clashing superpowers, yet the United States government chose not to station weapons there. Today, new space security dynamics are evolving that reflect the growing global focus upon the broad potential contributions of space capabilities to global prosperity and security. Space and Security: A Reference Handbook examines how the United States has developed and implemented policies designed to use space capabilities to enhance national security, providing a clear and complete evaluation of the origins and motivations for U.S. national security space policies and activities. The author explains the Eisenhower Administration''s quest to develop high-technology intelligence collection platforms to open up the closed Soviet state, and why it focused on developing a legal regime to legitimize satellite overflight for the purposes of gathering intelligence.

About the author

Peter L. Hays, PhD, is a senior scientist with the Science Applications International Corporation supporting the National Security Space Office in the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hays, Peter L Hays, Peter L. Hays, Hays Peter L.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9781598844214
• ISBN: 978-1-59884-421-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Science, Technology, and Security; Security Studies