Star Wars in Real Life
Political Limitations on Space Warfare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20139035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick W Kagan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.1897 |
| OpenAlex | W4253961330 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Just because you have a capability does not mean that you can use it. For more than 50 years the United States has had nuclear weapons, and used them only twice. For almost a century America has had the capability to use chemical and biological weapons, and never has. During the Korean War we had the capability of attacking targets in China, and did not. During the Vietnam War we could have occupied Laos, Cambodia, or North Vietnam, but refrained. In each of these cases political considerations overrode militarily desirable actions, generally because potential international political costs were believed to be greater than any military advantage we might gain
Astrobiology · Astrophysics · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Star (game theory) · Computer Science · Law · Space exploration and regulation · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |