Overview
Providing a fresh look at the role of space as an enabler of the Bush administration's plans for endless preventive war, this book 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. The 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 Defence 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 defence strategy is part of a dangerous US move to wage endless preventive war and demand global supremacy over allies and adversaries alike.
Full Product Details
Author: Loring Wirbel
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.241kg
ISBN: 9780745321141
ISBN 10: 0745321143
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 20 January 2004
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
Wirbel builds the case for his arguments painstakingly ... On the whole, Star Wars appears written for space-policy wonks ... Patient non-wonks, however, are rewarded for slogging through these chapters, as they will emerge with a rare level of understanding of one of the most compelling geopolitical issues of our time -- Terje Langeland, Colorado Springs Independent ...they will emerge with a rare level of understanding of one of the most compelling geopolitical issues of our time. -- Csindy.com A deeply distrubing discussion of 'Star Wars Mark II' issues. -- World Disarm
A deeply distrubing discussion of 'Star Wars Mark II' issues. -- World Disarm ...they will emerge with a rare level of understanding of one of the most compelling geopolitical issues of our time. -- Csindy.com Wirbel builds the case for his arguments painstakingly ... On the whole, Star Wars appears written for space-policy wonks ... Patient non-wonks, however, are rewarded for slogging through these chapters, as they will emerge with a rare level of understanding of one of the most compelling geopolitical issues of our time -- Terje Langeland, Colorado Springs Independent
'Provides a rare level of understanding of one of the most compelling geopolitical issues of our time' -- Csindy.com 'A deeply disturbing discussion of 'Star Wars Mark II' issues' -- World Disarm
Author Information
Loring Wirbel has been involved in military conversion & peace work for 25 years. He is currently editorial director for communications initiatives at CMP Media LLC, headquartered in New York & London. Wirbel worked with Mobilization for Survival in the American southwest on campaigns to end the mobile basing strategy for the MX missile, & to phase out Rocky Flats as a plutonium factory. His cover story on the National Security Agency for The Progressive magazine took a top Project Censored award in the early 1980s. A series on Reagan's Star Wars programs won a Scripps-Howard award.
