Space Warfare

Strategy, Principles and Policy
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-58918-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Reihe: Space Power and Politics

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. This second edition has been updated and revised, with several new chapters included.

The book examines competition and conflict in the space domain, including the methods used and sound counterstrategies to thwart a competitor’s efforts. Contrary to many spacepower pundits, the book explains that neither is the space domain inherently offense-dominant nor is there a first-mover advantage when incorporating a sound space strategy. Offering new insights into the nature of strategic competition in space, this second edition leans heavily on the British maritime experience and the work of Julian Corbett to provide a strategic framework for understanding competition, crisis, and conflict in the space domain. It also includes important concepts from leading theorists and strategists, both past and present, to amplify concepts and provide additional insights into the functioning of space strategy. The book provides a foundational framework by underscoring that space strategy is shaped by the fundamental nature of all warfare, along with the universal principles of strategy and the essential unity of all strategic experience. Warfare is warfare, no matter the domain of operations, and consequently, policymakers and military leaders can look to historical experience and knowledge of past strategic frameworks to help gain insights into the functioning of space warfare.

This book will appeal to students of spacepower, defense and strategic studies, and International Relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klein, John J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Luftstreitkräfte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction and Strategic Framework    

Chapter 1: Where We are and Where We’re Going  

Chapter 2: Contemporary Space Frameworks and Useful Analogies    

Chapter 3: Maritime Strategic Principles    

 

Part II: Corbett in Orbit: Strategic Principles of Space Warfare    

Chapter 4: Space is Tied to National Power  

Chapter 5: Celestial Lines of Communication  

Chapter 6: Space is Interdependent with Other Domains  

Chapter 7: Command of Space

Chapter 8: Purpose of Offensive and Defensive Space Strategies   

Chapter 9: Astropolitics and Strategic Positions    

Chapter 10: Blocking Celestial Lines of Communication  

Chapter 11: Limited Space Warfare, Asymmetric Advantage, and Coercion  

Chapter 12: Dispersal and Concentration

Chapter 13: Guardian Angels and Celestial Demons    

Chapter 14: Strategy for Middle and Emerging Space Powers  

  

Part III: Comparisons and Recommendations  

Chapter 15: Comparisons to Space Doctrine  

Chapter 16: Future of Space Policy and Strategy

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Klein is Senior Fellow and Space Strategist at Falcon Research, USA, and serves as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute. His previous publications include Understanding Space Strategy: The Art of War in Space (2019).