Beschreibung:
This book examines the international and domestic American legal problems associated with activity in outer space from a strong policy perspective, with particular attention given to problems associated with space commercialization and with military activities in outer space.
Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Ancient Russia and the Kievan State -- Russia Divided and Conquered, 1054-1462 -- Moscow and "The Gathering of the Russian Lands," 1328-1533 -- Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles, 1533-1618 -- The Molding of Russian Society, 1613-89 -- Peter the Great and Westernization, 1689-1725 -- Change and Continuity, 1725-1801 -- Power, Backwardness, and Creativity, 1801-55 -- Reform, Reaction, and Modernization, 1855-1904 -- Revolution, Reform, and War, 1904-17 -- Revolution, Civil War, and the Founding of Soviet Society, 1917-28 -- The Second Revolution, the Stalinist System, and World War II, 1928-46 -- Stagnation and Reform in Soviet Society, 1946-90 -- The Soviet Union as a World Power, 1944-90