Full Description
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.
Contents
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
