Contributor
Kirby, Stephen.
Imprint:Brighton, Sussex : Wheatsheaf Books ; Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner Publishers, 1987.
Descriptionxiv, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Introduction: states, space and security / Gordon Robson -- PART I. THE TECHNOLOGICAL BASIS: The development of command, control, communications and intelligence systems / Marten van der Veen -- Strategic command and control and the militarisation of space / Michael Clarke -- The technology of weapons in space: past, present and near term / Robert Lapraik -- Problems and prospects of strategic defence / Philip Webber -- PART II. THE SUPERPOWERS: Space and strategic defence reconsidered / Timothy Garden -- US offensive capabilities and nuclear strategy / Steve Smith -- The militarisation of space through Soviet eyes / Stephen Shenfield -- The Soviets and SDI / Terry McNeill -- PART III. IMPLICATIONS: The military uses of space and European security / Stephen Kirby -- The strategic context of space / Gordon Robson -- Controlling military activities in space / Ian Bellany -- Inevitability and choice in the militarisation of space / Stephen Kirby.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies and index.
