Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative (Paperback)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ix
THE “OTHER NIGHT SKY” 1
1 THE RISE AND FALL OF DÉTENTE ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 11
2 CAMPAIGN FOR THE HIGH GROUND 41
3 OUT OF THE BLACK 73
4 “EUROPE MUST NOT LEAVE SPACE TO THE AMERICANS” 99
5 OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND INTO SPACE 133
6 SDI AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER 165
SDI RECONSIDERED 197
A SENSE OF DÉJÀ VU 209
NOTES 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX 315