Space Power and Politics

Book Series in Military, Strategic and Security Studies

New & Published Titles:

Space and Defense Policy

Edited by Damon Coletta, Frances T. Pilch

This edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic…

2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77732-2 (Routledge)

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The International Politics of Space

By Michael Sheehan

The year 2007 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957.…

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39917-3 (Routledge)

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Chinese Space Policy

A Study in Domestic and International Politics

By Roger Handberg, Zhen Li

This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction…

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36582-6 (Routledge)

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US Hypersonic Research and Development

The Rise and Fall of 'Dyna-Soar', 1944-1963

By Roy F. Houchin II

An essential new account of some of the most valuable research and development in international military history.

Roy F. Houchin II shows how the roots of…

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36281-8 (Routledge)

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Space Warfare

Strategy, Principles and Policy

By John J. Klein

This new study considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

Explaining why and how strategists note the…

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40796-0 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

Edited by: Everett C. Dolman and John Sheldon, both School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, USAF Air, Maxwell, USA

The Space Power and Politics series will provide a forum where space policy and historical issues can be explored and examined in-depth. The series will produce works that examine civil, commercial, and military uses of space and their implications for international politics, strategy, and political economy. This will include works on government and private space programs, technological developments, conflict and cooperation, security issues, and history.

Forthcoming Titles:

The US Military and Outer Space: Perspectives, Plans and Programs
By Peter L. Hays
To be published October 31st 2010

Theory of Space Power: The Perils of Strategic Analogy
By John Sheldon
To be published September 30th 2010