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Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War 1st ed. 2021 [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 443 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 869 g, 29 Illustrations, color; 24 Illustrations, black and white; XXVI, 443 p. 53 illus., 29 illus. in color., 1 Hardback
  • Sērija : Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Dec-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 1349958506
  • ISBN-13: 9781349958504
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 443 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 869 g, 29 Illustrations, color; 24 Illustrations, black and white; XXVI, 443 p. 53 illus., 29 illus. in color., 1 Hardback
  • Sērija : Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Dec-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 1349958506
  • ISBN-13: 9781349958504

Militarizing Outer Space explores the dystopian and destructive dimensions of the Space Age and challenges conventional narratives of a bipolar Cold War rivalry. Concentrating on weapons, warfare and vio lence, this provocative volume examines real and imagined endeavors of arming the skies and conquering the heavens. The third and final volume in the groundbreaking ?European Astroculture trilogy, ?Militarizing Outer Space zooms in on the interplay between security, technopolitics and knowledge from the 1920s through the 1980s. Often hailed as the site of heavenly utopias and otherworldly salvation, outer space transformed from a promised sanctuary to a present threat, where the battles of the future were to be waged. Astroculture proved instrumental in fathoming forms and functions of warfare’s futures past, both on earth and in space. The allure of dominating outer space, the book shows, was neither limited to the early twenty-first century nor to current American space force rhetorics.


Recenzijas

Militarizing Outer Spaces chapters do a valuable job in revealing the many ways that the Cold War influenced the development and reception of space technology . the Astroculture trilogy remains an indispensable resource for scholars of space history. In their diversity, these richly detailed chapters make a compelling case for astroculture as a kaleidoscopic lens through which to examine how modernity is defined and contested. (Thomas Ellis, Technology and Culture, Vol. 63 (4), October, 2022)

These three books offer a fascinating reevaluation of space history from European perspectives. The forty-four total essays are connected through periodisation, geographic focus and the unifying concept of astroculture. They aim to situate Europe within the space age and bring space into European history. (Benjamin W. Goossen, Contemporary European History, June 17, 2022)

The series provides an important impetus to the cultural history of outer space, introducing significant concepts including astroculture or the post-Apollo paradox, and offering terminological refinements such as the distinction between the weaponization and militarization of space. (Nils Theinert, sehepunkte, Vol. 22 (2), 2022)

The book is a sterling addition to any space historians bookshelf. (Rick W. Sturdevant, Air Power History, Vol. 68 (3), 2021)

The thirteen chapters in this superbly edited, multidisciplinary collection amount to a fantastically engaging, historiographical contribution. from an astrocultural perspective and given the recent establishment of a United States Space Force, Militarizing Outer Space ought to stimulate informed, lively discussion about future activities and relationships among civil, commercial, and military organizations in outer space. (Rick W. Sturdevant, Quest, Vol. 28 (4), 2021)

Introduction
1 Spacewar! The Dark Side of Astroculture
3(42)
Alexander C. T. Geppert
Tilmann Siebeneichner
Part I Embattling the Heavens
2 Cold War - But No War - in Space
45(24)
Michael J. Neufeld
3 The Nuclear Roots of the Space Race
69(24)
Christopher Gainor
4 West European Integration and the Militarization of Outer Space, 1945-70
93(26)
Michael Sheehan
Part II Waging Future Wars
5 In Space, Violence Rules: Clashes and Conquests in Science-Fiction Cinema
119(28)
Natalija Majsova
6 C. S. Lewis and the Moral Threat of Space Exploration, 1938-64
147(24)
Oliver Dunnett
7 One Nation, Two Astrocultures? Rocketry, Security and Dual Use in Divided Germany, 1949-61
171(34)
Daniel Brandau
Part III Armoring Minds and Bodies
8 Participant Evolution: Cold War Space Medicine and the Militarization of the Cyborg Self
205(28)
Patrick Kilian
9 Starship Troopers: The Shaping of the Space Warrior in Cold War Astroculture, 1950-80
233(24)
Philipp Theisohn
10 Satellites and Psychics: The Militarization of Outer and Inner Space, 1960-95
257(28)
Anthony Enns
Part IV Mounting Combat Infrastructures
11 Architectures of Command: The Dual-Use Legacy of Mission Control Centers
285(28)
Regina Peldszus
12 Space Spies in the Open: Military Space Stations and Heroic Cosmonauts in the Post-Apollo Period, 1971-77
313(30)
Cathleen Lewis
13 Satellite Navigation and the Military-Civilian Dilemma: The Geopolitics of GPS and Its Rivals
343(28)
Paul E. Ceruzzi
Epilogue
14 What Is, and to What End Do We Study, European Astroculture?
371(8)
Alexander C. T. Geppert
Bibliography 379(30)
Index 409
Alexander C. T. Geppert is Associate Professor of History and European Studies at New York University, USA. He holds a joint appointment at NYU Shanghai and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in New York City.

Daniel Brandau is a postdoctoral research associate at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.





Tilmann Siebeneichner is a postdoctoral research associate at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.