Military Space History

Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times best sellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage, and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in Central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.

Since the Cold War, outer space has become of strategic importance for nations looking to seize the ultimate high ground. World powers establishing a presence there must consider, among other things, how they will conduct warfare in orbit. Leaders must dispense with "Buck Rogers" notions about operations in space and realize that policies there will have serious ramifications for geopolitics. How should nations view space? How should they fight there? What would space warfare look like and how should strategists approach it?

The US Air Force is experiencing a profound shift! In order to aggregate the military’s major space assets under one authority, they are being moved into a new branch under the purview of the Air Force. This new branch is to be called “Space Force”. The true purpose of Space Force will be to publicly unveil the most well-guarded secrets in the Air Force’s stunning arsenal of exotic spacecraft, unconventional weapons and mind-blowing technologies assembled over the more than 70 years since its official emergence in 1947.

Far from the fury of The Great War, the citizens of the Liberty Federation live in peace and prosperity. The Dawn Empire’s light is fading. Admiral Ikson Koto has one chance to renew the flame before it is extinguished forever. To save the Empire from a slow death, he must destroy the Federation’s fleet in one fell swoop. His plan calls for a brutality that has never been seen before. For Lieutenant Shannon Reeve, the horrors of battle still burn strong in her mind. Her posting to a fighter squadron in the paradise of the Federation’s premier base, Azure Anchorage, should be a welcome...

"Non-stop action! Space battles! Intrigue! This is the kind of space opera that I love best—but Elliott does it even better."—New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie New York Times bestselling author Kate Elliott brings us a thrilling new science fiction adventure set in a rich universe...

From a New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot comes a Cold War thriller perfect for fans of Top Gun and The Hunt for Red October. "A full-throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner" —Jack Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List series Israel...

A silent empire. A secret space race. A rising sun beyond Earth. Alternate History of the World – The Space Race: The Silence of the Rising Sun invites readers into a haunting vision of a world reshaped by victory. In this alternate timeline, the Japanese Empire emerged triumphant after World War II and turned its focus to the heavens—not with spectacle, but with silence. Hidden beneath sacred mountains and behind carefully staged distractions, Japan’s true space program operates in total secrecy. At its heart lies Protocol Hayabusa—a fusion of tradition and technology where ...

Discover the true story of the women who stood beside some of the greatest heroes of American space travel in this New York Times bestseller that inspired the limited TV series on ABC! As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on...

The invaders are coming; the Posleen, a seemingly unstoppable horde who have conquered one star system after another, literally feeding on their conquests. Earth's dubious allies, the Darhel, have given the humans a number of highly-advanced technological devices, including a process for rejuvenating the aged, including trained and proven soldiers who otherwise would be too old to fight. Rejuvenation may give a critical edge, since to survive, the Earth must use every resource at hand.

David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation. Although its nuclear warhead may have lacked power relative to that of the Titan II, the Minuteman more than made up for this in terms of numbers and readiness to launch - making it the ultimate ICBM.

Read the first English translation of the first-hand account of Zeppelin operations during World War One, written by Zeppelin commander Over-Lieutenant at Sea Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, originally written and published in 1917. Procedes fund the building of airships.

Did the United States build its greatest technological triumph on a foundation of horrific war crimes? In PAPERCLIP’S BLOODY HARVEST: How America Bought the Third Reich’s Brains, investigative historian Laurence Blake reveals the shocking truth behind the US government's most audacious and morally bankrupt cover-up. Following the collapse of Nazi Germany, the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) launched a frantic campaign to capture the intellectual engine of the Third Reich. This led to Operation Paperclip—a highly illegal, systemic moral laundering that bypassed presidential...

Why we shouldn’t colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation there If certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space. This is the much-vaunted New Space Age, and in Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble explains...

It's the beginning of the 21st century. The Cavill family has continued its mission to protect humanity from nuclear self-immolation and to spread the species beyond Earth. But there are continuing complications as Beatrice's twins travel to Mars to spend time with their dying mother and to pick up the reins there at the growing Mars colony. Cavill Industries continues to expand its economic and business scope in an attempt to fund the Martian colony. Late in the decade, the United Kingdom finds itself at war in the South Atlantic against a technologically advanced opponent while the ...

Harold Cavill’s children continue their father’s work to try to prevent humanity from destroying itself in this timeline. Their sister Beatrice continues to live in a self-imposed exile on the fledgling colony on Mars while her oldest sister Judith finds love for the first time. The Cavill lunar installation at Shackleford Crater is soon joined by installations from other nations vying for their own footholds in space. America struggles at first through a disastrous progressive administration before Ronald Reagan is elected President in 1976 to lead a dramatic turnaround in the ...

What if Germany had won the Second World War—and turned its sights to the stars? What if democracy had fallen not by force alone, but by silence, retreat, and defeat? In this sweeping work of alternate history and historical fiction, the Allies collapse under the Axis blitzkrieg. Britain is conquered. The Soviet Union capitulates. The United States, paralyzed by isolationism, never joins the war. By 1945, democracy is extinguished—and the Reich rules the Earth. But conquest does not end at the edge of the atmosphere. From secret launch sites and repurposed battlefields, Germany begins a...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then pay attention. Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Tense Conflict Between the United States of America and the Soviet Union Following World War II and The Space Race: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War Competition Between the United States and Soviet Union to Reach the Moon. So if you want to learn more about the Cold War and Space Race, get this audiobook now!

In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a “captivating…gripping” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the USS Plunkett—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous...

A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal. The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation's strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s.

Captain John Farragut and the crew of the U.S.S. Merrimack face their greatest challenge as Caesar Romulus declares war on the United States of America with a direct attack on Earth. The Merrimack retaliates with an assault on the Roman capital world of Palatine, and in the midst of the chaos, the Hive descends on Earth. With the battle raging, Farragut finds himself in the middle of a final deadly showdown.