Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space

Benjamin S. Lambeth

Rand Corporation, Apr 19, 1999 - Current Events - 212 pages

Assesses the military space challenges facing the Air Force and the nation in light of the findings and recommendations of the Space Commission. The author reviews the Air Force?'s involvement in space since its creation as an independent service in 1947; examines the circumstances that occasioned the commission?'s creation and the conceptual and organizational roadblocks that have impeded a more rapid growth of U.S. military space capability; and enumerates the challenges facing the Air Force with respect to space.

About the author

Benjamin S. Lambeth (Ph.D., Political Science, Harvard University) is a senior RAND analyst specializing in air power and international security.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space
• Author: Benjamin S. Lambeth
• Publisher: Rand Corporation, 1999
• ISBN: 083303412X, 9780833034120
• Length: 212 pages
• Subjects: Current Events / Military; Political Science / International Relations / Arms Control; Science / Physics / Astrophysics