The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy: A Critique of the Historiography of Space

Business & Money

Bulkeley, Rip

Real Estate

Indiana University Press

The Sputniks Crisis and Early United States Space Policy: A Critique of the Historiography of Space (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

CUBBYCAM

Space Weapons Deterrence or Delusion?

A clear and lively account of the space-weapons issue. The authors examine all aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative proposalóits historical background, current and forthcoming technologies, and international political implications.The book is divided into three main sections. The first part describes the historical development of space-weapons technology from the 1920s to the present day. The second part provides a detailed technical assessment of the anti-missile systems being pursued as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. It also considers the countermeasures to SDI that are currently in existence or are being developed by the United States and the Soviet Union. The third part examines the international political and strategic implications of SDI and their probable consequences for arms-control policies.

Engineering & Transportation

Spinardi, Graham

Engineering

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

<p>A clear and lively account of the space-weapons issue. The authors examine all aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative proposal-its historical background, current and forthcoming technologies, and international political implications. The book is divided into three main sections. The first part describes the historical development of space-weapons technology from the 1920s to the present day. The second part provides a detailed technical assessment of the anti-missile systems being pursued as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative. It also considers the countermeasures to SDI that are currently in existence or are being developed by the United States and the Soviet Union. The third part examines the international political and strategic implications of SDI and their probable consequences for arms-control policies.</p>

An examination of American space policy in the 12 years after World War II and in particular of the reaction provoked by the launching of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. In the author's opinion the truth of what occurred in this period has been clouded by confusion and misinformation.

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

<p><div>This book looks at the different ways in which Russian historians and authors have thought about their country's first Antarctic expedition (1819-21) over the past 200 years. It considers the effects their discussions have had on Russia's Antarctic policy and may yet have on Antarctica itself.&nbsp; In particular, it examines the Soviet decision in 1949, in line with the cultural policies of late Stalinism, to revise the traditional view of the expedition in order to claim that it was Russian seamen that first sighted&nbsp;the Antarctic mainland in January 1820; this claim remains the official position in Russia today. The author illustrates, however, that the case for such a claim has never been established, and that attempts to make it damaged the work of successive Russian historians. Providing a timely assessment of Russian historiography of the Bellingshausen expedition and examining the connections between the priority claim and national policy goals, this book represents an important contribution to the history of the Antarctic.&nbsp;<br /></div></p>

The Historiography of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition, 1819–21

History

Europe

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