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010 $a 2006030551
020 $a9781595581143 (hc.)
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100 1 $aCaldicott, Helen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79085599
245 10 $aWar in heaven :$bthe arms race in outer space /$cHelen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath.
260 $aNew York :$bThe New Press :$bDistributed by W.W. Norton & Company,$c2007.
300 $axix, 166 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tA brief history of outer space -- $g2.$tThe peaceful potential of outer space -- $g3.$tMissile defense : the prelude to space-based weapons -- $g4.$tThe weaponization of outer space -- $g5.$tAlternatives to weapons in outer space -- $gApp. 1.$tSome basic information about outer space and outer space weapons -- $gApp. 2.$tTreaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies (The Outer Space Treaty of 1967).
520 1 $a"When most of us think about the potential of outer space for future generations, we think of world communications, satellite navigation, and scientific exploration. U.S. Space Command, however, thinks about weapons. Believing that conflict in space and wars fought from space are inevitable, the president has called on the agency to weaponize outer space and thus provoke an arms race that could cost the United States trillions of dollars and could lead to the demise of the human race." "In War in Heaven, a Nobel Prize-nominated peace activist and a former U.S. foreign service officer (who helped write the Outer Space Treaty of 1967) look at the history of military uses of space and the current plans for "militarizing the heavens," including kinetic, laser, nuclear bombardment, and anti-satellite weapons. Contrary to the claims of former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld that the United States faces a "space Pearl Harbor," Caldicott and Eisendrath's research reveals that the United States is today the principal obstruction to the passage of an international treaty banning weapons from outer space." "At a time when plans to build and deploy space weapons are very much on the presidential agenda - but only just becoming known to the general public - this book will help launch a much-needed national discussion about a critical issue."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSpace weapons.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126017
650 0 $aSpace warfare.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126016
650 0 $aArms control.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007351
650 0 $aArms race$xHistory$y21st century.
700 1 $aEisendrath, Craig R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99033243
730 02 $aTreaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies$d(1967 January 27)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005067929
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030551.html
852 00 $bleh$hUG1520$i.C35 2007