TY - BOOK AU - Kalic,Sean N. TI - US presidents and the militarization of space, 1946-1967 T2 - Centennial of flight series SN - 9781603446976 AV - UG1523 .K35 2012eb U1 - 358/.8097309045 23 PY - 2012/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A & M University Press KW - Astronautics, Military KW - United States KW - Space security KW - Presidents KW - Decision making KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Cold War KW - Astronautique militaire KW - États-Unis KW - Sécurité spatiale KW - Présidents KW - Prise de décision KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Guerre froide KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Military Science KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Government policy KW - Military policy KW - Politics and government KW - Strategic aspects of individual places KW - Outer space KW - Strategic aspects KW - 1945-1989 KW - Espace extra-atmosphérique KW - Aspect stratégique KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Establishing the foundation for the militarization of space, 1945-1952 -- Embracing the militarization of space, 1953-1960 -- Kennedy, disarmament, and FOBS -- Lyndon Johnson and space as a weapons-free frontier, 1963-1967 -- Continuity and variation, 1946-1967 -- Appendix A: chronology of significant events, 1946-1967 -- Appendix B: US space spending N2 - In the clash of ideologies represented by the Cold War, even the heavens were not immune to militarization. Satellites and space programs became critical elements among the national security objectives of both the United States and the Soviet Union. According to US Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946-1967, three American presidents in succession shared a fundamental objective of preserving space as a weapons-free frontier for the benefit of all humanity. Between 1953 and 1967 Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson all saw nonaggressive military satellite development, as well as the civilian space program, as means to favorably shape the international community's opinion of the scientific, technological, and military capabilities of the United States. Sean N. Kalic's reinterpretation of the development of US space policy, based on documents declassified in the past decade, demonstrates that a single vision for the appropriate uses of space characterized American strategies across parties and administrations during this period. Significantly, Kalic's findings contradict the popular opinion that the United States sought to weaponize space and calls into question the traditional interpretation of the space race as a simple action/reaction paradigm. Indeed, beyond serving as a symbol and ambassador of US technological capability, its satellite program provided the United States with advanced, nonaggressive military intelligence-gathering platforms that proved critical in assessing the strategic nuclear balance between the United States and the Soviet Union. It also aided the three administrations in countering the Soviet Union's increasing international prestige after its series of space firsts, beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=419946 ER -