LEADER 03459nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910714363203321 005 20251126223932.0 010 $a9798216183532 010 $a9798216184195 010 $a9781440874840 010 $a1440874840 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216183532 035 $a(OCoLC)1345242581 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL50TE 035 $a(OCoLC)1357155182 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9798216183532BC 035 $a(CKB)25456766000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7144590 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781440874840 035 $a(Perlego)4169940 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925456766000041 100 $a20230710d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe United States Space Force $eSpace, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security /$fLamont C. Colucci 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, CT :$cPraeger,$d2022. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) $cillustration 225 1 $aPraeger Security International 300 $a"February 2019." 311 08$a9798765133040 311 08$a9781440874833 311 08$a1440874832 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. America at the Crossroads of Grand Strategy -- 2. History -- 3. Grand Strategy and Space Dominance -- 4. Space Intelligence -- 5. Allies, Diplomacy, and International Law -- 6. The Triplanetary Economy -- 7. Strategic Competition, Great Powers, Threats, and Enemies -- 8. The Service and the Mission -- 9. Pax Americana and Pax Astra -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 330 $aThe United States Space Force, the sixth branch of the armed forces, will soon play a leading role in American foreign policy and will be necessary to protect its economic, political, and social interests at home and abroad. This book argues that America's newest branch of the armed forces, the United States Space Force, will soon play a key strategic role in American foreign policy, military and economic expansion, and technological innovation. Written by a leading expert on and member of the Space Force, the book offers an introduction to the Space Force, explains the urgent need for it, and walks readers through what exactly the Space Force is and is not. Drawing on dozens of interviews with high-ranking members of the armed forces, the author claims that, in the future, space will be the geopolitical center of world politics, as such countries as the U.S., Russia, and China jockey for control of it. America must therefore set aside partisan politics to make space a top priority, as a failure to do so will leave the U.S. and its citizens in a dangerous and vulnerable position on the world stage. 410 0$aPraeger Security International. 606 $aPolitics & government 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 607 $aOuter space$xStrategic aspects 615 7$aPolitics & government 615 0$aNational security 676 $a355.03 700 $aColucci$b Lamont C.$01858843 702 $aColucci$b Lamont 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910714363203321 996 $aThe United States Space Force$94461747 997 $aUNINA