{"product_id":"standing-up-space-force-2023","title":"Standing Up Space Force: The Road to the Nation's Sixth Armed Service 2023","description":"\u003ch4\u003eOverview\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough the United States won the race to the moon, the Soviets were far more active in space than Americans during the decade that followed. By the 1980s, some space experts feared the United States was in danger of being surpassed in space, including dual-use systems that might be employed offensively in a military confrontation. A few experts, looking ahead, recommended a space force within roughly two decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanding up Space Force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is organized chronologically by presidential administration, beginning in the middle of the Clinton years and progressing through the Trump administration. During the Clinton and George W. Bush years, the move to national security space was incremental. The Obama presidency witnessed the rise of NewSpace entrepreneurs whose impressive space activities facilitated their initial partnering with  U.S. government National Security Space (NSS) missions helping the United States keep pace with China and Russia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the Trump administration, all necessary elements finally came together – most significantly, presidential-congressional leadership and bipartisan support – to eventually produce the fiscal 2020 national defense authorization act (NDAA). Because the NDAA authorized and provided for the Space Force, when the President signed the defense bill on 20 December 2019, at the same moment he officially established the nation’s sixth armed service.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eForrest Marion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForrest L. Marion graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in civil engineering and earned a master’s degree in military history from the University of Alabama and a doctorate in U.S. history from the University of Tennessee. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve officer and served as staff\/oral historian (federal civil service) at the Air Force Historical Research Agency from 1998 to 2023, including three overseas deployments (two in military status) and two stateside deployments. Marion is the author of three military history works. From 2011 to 2015, he worked primarily for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office on a coauthored history of the reserve components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAdditional Information\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-summary--details-list--label\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePages: 312 pages\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations: 24 b\/w photos\u003cbr\u003ePublished: December 15, 2023\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10: 1682472396\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781682472392\u003cbr\u003eProduct Dimensions: 9 × 6 × 1 in\u003cbr\u003eProduct Weight: 19 oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-summary--details-list--label\"\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Marion takes readers through a fascinating story of national security space spanning multiple administrations, and an unlikely sequence of events that should go down in history as one of the greatest strategic moves to position the United States military to address the emerging threats of the future.\"\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Kitay,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eformer Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Policy and former Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Most Americans use space hundreds of times a day without ever knowing it. For the first time, in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanding Up Space Force\u003c\/em\u003e, Forrest Marion reveals why the creation of the U.S. Space Force won bipartisan support from Congress and the Trump Administration. Marion exposes the challenges and triumphs of a military service charged with the duty to protect national security interests.”—\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Barrett\u003c\/strong\u003e, U.S. Secretary of the Air Force (2019-2021) and U.S. Ambassador to Finland (2008-2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An inside story of how the stars aligned for the creation of America's newest armed service. The creation of the U.S. Space Force was a team effort spanning decades, reflecting the growing importance of space as well as the urgency created by new threats. Forrest Marion describes the bureaucratic struggles and bipartisan political leadership that translated vision into reality. Must reading for anyone interested in the role of space in national security.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Scott Pace\u003c\/strong\u003e, Former Executive Secretary, National Space Council (2017-2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A former Air Force historian, Marion bravely examines the founding of the Space Force, a major defeat for the Air Force. Nothing could stop a bipartisan Congress and President Trump from liberating space operators from domination by pilots. Marion tells an important story that needs to be read by everyone. The Space Force, despite being only 10% of the size of the Marine Corps, guards America’s and the West’s most precious assets, our satellites.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eFormer U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Meticulously researched and creatively written.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eThe American Spectator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"After plumbing an impressively broad variety of primary and secondary sources for useful content, he has crafted a reasonably sound narrative about the top-level congressional and presidential machinations behind creation of the USSF. . . . Marion deserves commendation for endeavoring, so early in USSF history, to expose its underlying roots. He has plowed relatively fertile ground for future scholars to till and, hopefully, to harvest even richer, more refined explanations for the Space Force’s origin. . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanding Up Space Force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esets a high mark for others to surpass.\"—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of the Air Force Historical Foundation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStanding Up Space Force\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis full of enlightening examples for readers. Marion describes the exploration of a new domain, the imagination for how to use it for advantage, the cultural and bureaucratic barriers to change and steps taken to overcome them, and finally, the planning efforts and actions used to stand up the new service and establish a unique culture for the organization. He also highlights the important actions of individuals. Space Force pioneers including Steven L. Kwast, John E. Hyten, John W. “Jay” Raymond, and Chance Saltzman will be part of the Space Force tradition in the same way the Air Force celebrates William Mitchell, Henry Arnold, and Curtis E. LeMay. Lessons learned may be useful to cyber professionals, as some are already pushing to stand up a separate cyber service. This book has many compelling accounts that can inform defense leaders wrestling with these questions.\"—\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParameters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"U.S. Naval Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48148453490933,"sku":"9781682472392","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0090\/5072\/files\/standing-up-space-force-the-road-to-the-nation-s-sixth-armed-service-2023-1238444731.jpg?v=1778790096","url":"https:\/\/www.amnautical.com\/products\/standing-up-space-force-2023","provider":"American Nautical Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}