The First Space War: How the Patterns of History and the Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form

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Unfortunately, much of what people believe about war in space has been shaped, or misshaped, by Hollywood and other forms of popular media. In this book a STEM educator and a political science professor team up to explore the possibilities for warfare in space and explain why almost everything you've learned about space wars from movies is disappointingly wrong. The truth is stranger and more interesting than fiction. Using history, politics and STEM as guides, this book provides a detailed account of how Earths first war in space will be fought. As we show, it will begin not as an invasion of Earth by super-advanced aliens but by Earth starting a war with its Martian colony.

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"In The First Space War, Furman Daniel and T.K. Rogers ask a question that it's not too soon to consider: what would war between Earth and a colony on Mars look like As prominent figures from Elon Musk to Donald Trump push for human visits to and colonization of Mars, Daniel and Rogers examine what the far future of that relationship could look like if the colony ever decides to rebel. A provocative mix of science and politics, Daniel and Rogers lay out a detailed analysis of the future that will spark lively discussion and debate." -- Paul Musgrave, Paul Musgrave, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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J. Furman Daniel is assistant professor in the College of Security and Intelligence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. T. K. Rogers is