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The Nazi legacy -- ICBMs, satellites, and politics -- Sputnik and military strategy -- The early military plans -- Project Argus: atomic tests in space -- The forming of NASA -- Manned space flight: the military and Apollo -- Further nuclear tests in space: the rainbow bombs -- The early sixties: cold war and peace - The Air-Force-Defense Department feud -- The moon landing and its aftermath -- Vietnam, the electronic battlefield, and U.S. space strategy -- Apollo-Soyuz and the promise of international cooperation -- The mid-seventies: militarization completed -- The space shuttle -- The space warriors return -- Two activists for peace -- Disarming the heavens -- Appendix 1: Resolution calling for immediate negotiations for a ban on any weapons in space. Introduced in Congress -- Appendix 2: Organizations and periodicals of interest.