The United States Space Force: Space, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security

The United States Space Force: Space, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security

by Lamont C. Colucci
The United States Space Force: Space, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security

The United States Space Force: Space, Grand Strategy, and U.S. National Security

by Lamont C. Colucci

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Overview

The United States Space Force, the sixth branch of the armed forces, will soon play a leading role in American foreign policy and will be necessary to protect its economic, political, and social interests at home and abroad.

This book argues that America's newest branch of the armed forces, the United States Space Force, will soon play a key strategic role in American foreign policy, military and economic expansion, and technological innovation. Written by a leading expert on and member of the Space Force, the book offers an introduction to the Space Force, explains the urgent need for it, and walks readers through what exactly the Space Force is and is not. Drawing on dozens of interviews with high-ranking members of the armed forces, the author claims that, in the future, space will be the geopolitical center of world politics, as such countries as the U.S., Russia, and China jockey for control of it. America must therefore set aside partisan politics to make space a top priority, as a failure to do so will leave the U.S. and its citizens in a dangerous and vulnerable position on the world stage.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440874833
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/01/2022
Series: Praeger Security International
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Lamont C. Colucci is chief of doctrine development for the United States Space Force and professor of political science at Concordia University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction xi

1 America at the Crossroads of Grand Strategy 1

2 History 25

3 Grand Strategy and Space Dominance 41

4 Space Intelligence 53

5 Allies, Diplomacy, and International Law 59

6 The Triplanetary Economy 67

7 Strategic Competition, Great Powers, Threats, and Enemies 75

8 The Service and the Mission 91

9 Pax Americana and Pax Astra 99

Bibliography 131

Index 149

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