War in space : strategy, spacepower, geopolitics / Bleddyn E. Bowen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781474450508
- 1474450504
- Strategy, spacepower, geopolitics
- Space control (Military science)
- Space warfare
- International relations
- Outer space -- Strategic aspects
- Contrôle de l'espace (Science militaire)
- Guerre spatiale
- Relations internationales
- Espace extra-atmosphérique -- Aspect stratégique
- international relations
- International relations
- Space control (Military science)
- Space warfare
- Strategic aspects of individual places
- Outer space
- 327.0919 23
- UG1523 . B69 2020
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This book presents a theory of spacepower and considers the implications of space technology on strategy and international relations. The spectre of space warfare stalks the major powers as outer space increasingly defines geopolitical and military competition. As satellites have become essential for modern warfare, strategists are asking whether the next major war will begin or be decided in outer space. Only strategic theory can explore the decisiveness and effects of war in space on grand strategy and international relations. Bleddyn E. Bowen applies the wisdom of military strategy to outer space and presents a compelling new vision of Earth's orbit as a coastline, rather than an open ocean or an extension of airspace as many have assumed. Rooted in the classical military works of Clausewitz, Mahan and Castex, to name a few, Bowen puts forward new principles for strategic thought about space that explain the pervasive and inescapable influence of spacepower on strategy and the changing military balance of the 21st century.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-300) and index.
Spacepower, empire and theory -- Commanding space: bluewater foundations -- Continental insights and strategic manoeuvring -- Astroculture and geocentrism -- Dispersal, concentration, and defence -- A clash of spacepowers
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