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1	Silver Tower more books like this by Dale Brown $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist It is 1992 and Silver Tower is America's first permanent space station, used in defence against intercontinental ballistic missiles. As the Middle East war between Iran and Iraq escalates, the Russians and American's are drawn into the first limited nuclear war in space. Dale Brown is also the author of "Flight of the Old Dog". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Rocket Exhaust Plume Phenomenology more books like this by Frederick S. Simmons $44.79 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist A study of the phenomenology of rocket exhaust plumes as the targets of space-based surveillance systems. Topics include the physical and chemical processes in rocket engines and their exhaust plumes, with particular regard to flow properties, gas dynamics and radiative mechanisms. see all copies from $44.79! new only from $44.79!
3	War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space more books like this by Helen Caldicott, Craig Eisendrath $7.45 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist A revelatory look at the U.S. Government's plan to put weapons in outer space, by two bestselling experts. ""During the early portion of the twenty-first century, space power will also evolve into a separate and equal medium of warfare....The emerging synergy of space superiority with land, sea, and air superiority will lead to Full Spectrum ... see all copies from $7.45! new only from $7.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership more books like this by David Spires $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Star Wars: Us Tools of Space Supremacy more books like this by Loring Wirbel $4.59 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Providing a fresh look at the role of space as an enabler of the Bush administration's plans for endless preventive war, this book debunks the benign notions of missile defence and expands the definition of space supremacy beyond that of weapons in space, to include the unilateral misuse of space-based intelligence, communications and targeting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.08! \| SVS
6	Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance more books like this by Mike Moore $4.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Considering the historical background of space militarization and providing an overview of the United States' efforts to militarily dominate space since the dawn of the space age, this book argues that America must either ensure that space-related weapons are verifiably banned for all nations through an international treaty or definitively choose ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Weapons in Space more books like this by Franklin A Long (Editor), Donald Hafner (Editor), Jeffrey Boutwell (Editor) $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.86! \| first editions
8	Weapons in Space more books like this by Karl Grossman $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Karl Grossman explains the Outer Space Treaty and gives a history of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.21! \| SVS
9	Space Weapons and International Security more books like this by Bhupendra Jasani (Editor) $35.95 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The efforts of the United States to develop defences against ballistic missiles (the Strategic Defense Initiative) is one of the most hotly debated topics of our time. This authoritative book contributes to the debate by presenting th searching and wide-ranging views of twenty-six international experts on the technical, legal, political, and ... see all copies from $13.13! new only from $180.64! \| signed copies
10	Space Weapons Space War more books like this by John W Macvey $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Assured Survival: Putting the Star Wars Defense in Perspective more books like this by Dr. Ben Bova $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12	Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System more books like this by Robert Godwin (Editor) $18.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist It was a Space Shuttle with a mission -- to drop a weapon payload anywhere on Earth and to do so while approaching its target at hypersonic velocity -- 18,000 miles per hour. Between 1957 and 1963 the Dyna-Soar programme consumed 430 million dollars of the US taxpayer's money. However, it never flew. Cancelled less than two weeks after President ... see all copies from $15.93! new only from $19.25! \| SVS
13	Arming the Heavens: The Hidden Military Agenda for Space, 1945-1995 more books like this by Jack Manno $3.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Strategic Defenses: Two Reports more books like this by John H Gibbons $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	From Hydrogen Bomb to Star War more books like this by Jonathan B Stein $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.56! \| first editions \| SVS
16	An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion more books like this by Travis S Taylor, Bob Boan, R C Anding $25.22 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This book describes a serious look at defending the planet in the event of an extra-terrestrial invasion. Travis Taylor, et al, have written the definitive book on the defense of earth against a potential alien incursion. Whatever your beliefs on the subject, and despite many of my own popular novels I am agnostic at best, the book also serves as ... see all copies from $25.22! new only from $33.01! \| SVS
17 view cover	Space Weapons Deterrence or Delusion? more books like this by Rip Bulkeley $2.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Securing Outer Space more books like this by Natalie Bormann $119.81 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist The challenges that space poses for political theory are profound. Yet until now, the exploration and utilization of space has generally reflected - but not challenged - the political patterns and impulses which characterized twentieth-century politics and International Relations. This edited volume analyses a number of controversial policies, and ... see all copies from $119.81! new only from $119.81!
19 view cover	Space Weapons, Earth Wars more books like this by Robert Preston, Bob Preston, Dana J Johnson $16.49 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Space weapons have been debated intensely in the past. The latest instance of prominent debate is over their use for ballistic missile defense. But this is not the only possible role for space weapons, and that fact raises a further concern: What if an adversary were to develop such weapons? Could one? Why would it? It is time for broader public ... see all copies from $15.81! new only from $39.19!
20 view cover	Weapons Satellites more books like this by Philip Wolny $12.99 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist Fascinating Information Details the History, Design, Use and Future Development of Six Types of Satellites Currently Orbiting Our Planet Since the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, space has been considered the latest--and perhaps final--frontier of exploration, research, espionage, and even warfare. Forty-five years after the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.99! \| SVS
21	International Security Dimensions of Space more books like this by Uri Ra'anan $7.82 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00!
22 view cover	US Hypersonic Research and Development: The Rise and Fall of Dyna-Soar, 1944-1963 more books like this by Roy F Houchin, III $119.66 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist This is 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 US Air Force hypersonic research and development are grounded in Army Air Force General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold's identification of the need for advanced airpower weapon systems to meet ... see all copies from $119.66! new only from $119.66!
23 view cover	Space Warfare and Defense: A Historical Encyclopedia and Research Guide more books like this by Bert Chapman $108.42 (new hardcover, see detail) add to wishlist This timely resource provides a history of the development of space weapons and warfare strategies and a comprehensive reference guide to the growing literature on the subject.Star wars, global positioning satellites, and, space-based laser weapons, were once the realm of science fiction, space weapons and warfare are coming closer to reality. ... see all copies from $108.42! new only from $108.42! \| SVS
24	The Arms Race in the Era of Star Wars more books like this by David Carlton (Editor), Carlo Schaerf (Editor) $58.50 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $2.69! first editions
25	Countdown to Space War more books like this by Bhupendra Jasani, Stockholm International Peace Research I, Christopher Lee $10.82 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $7.64! new only from $76.00! \| first editions

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