LEADER 03191nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910811162003321 005 20230617002940.0 010 $a1-84964-209-5 010 $a1-281-72553-6 010 $a9786611725532 010 $a1-4356-6129-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533571 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933501 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250625 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250625 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233067 035 $a(PQKB)10717921 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386227 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479721 035 $a(OCoLC)666932758 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533571 100 $a20030710d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStar wars $eUS tools of space supremacy /$fLoring Wirbel 210 $aLondon $cPluto Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 174 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0-7453-2114-3 311 1 $a0-7453-2115-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $bThe expansion of space militarization forms a common thread with the explicit unilateral empire-building of the Bush administration. But just as Star Wars did not begin with the Missile Defense Agency, preventive war theory did not originate with Donald Rumsfeld. Advocates of military space always were on the front line of those demanding global dominance. Loring Wirbel argues that the seeds for the current space supremacy doctrine were sown at the end of the Cold War, in the early days of the Clinton administration. Examining the evolution of space-based tools, Wirbel shows that missile defense strategy is part of a dangerous US move to wage endless preventive war and demand global supremacy over allies and adversaries alike.Star Wars: US Tools of Space Supremacy provides a fresh look at the role of space as an enabler of the Bush administration's plans for endless preventive war. It debunks the benign notions of missile defence, and expands the definition of space supremacy beyond that of weapons in space, to include the unilateral misuse of space-based intelligence, communications, and targeting technologies. 606 $aBallistic missile defenses$zUnited States 606 $aAstronautics, Military$zUnited States 606 $aSpace weapons 606 $aSpace warfare 606 $aSpace surveillance$zUnited States 606 $aMilitarism$zUnited States 606 $aMilitary-industrial complex$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aBallistic missile defenses 615 0$aAstronautics, Military 615 0$aSpace weapons. 615 0$aSpace warfare. 615 0$aSpace surveillance 615 0$aMilitarism 615 0$aMilitary-industrial complex 676 $a358/.8/0973 700 $aWirbel$b Loring$f1957-$0563757 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811162003321 996 $aStar wars$94062255 997 $aUNINA