{"product_id":"space-wars-paperback","title":"Space Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Coumatos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Scott is a retired Rocky Mountain bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eAviation Week \u0026amp; Space Technology\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a former U.S. Air Force flight-test engineer. He served with the National Security Agency and as aircrew on nuclear sampling missions. Michael J. Coumatos is a former U.S. Navy test pilot, the former U.S. Space Command director of wargaming, and a former National Security Agency counterterrorism adviser. With the help of bestselling author William J. Birnes, these renowned experts have joined forces to grippingly depict how the first hours of World War III might play out in the year 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCoumatos and Scott take the reader inside U.S. Strategic Command, where top military commanders, space-company executives, and U.S. intelligence experts are conducting a DEADSATS II wargame, exploring how the loss of critical satellites could lead to nuclear war. The gamers don't know that the war they are playing has already begun, miles above them, in the lifeless, silent cold of space. Jam-packed with the actual systems and secret technologies the United States has or will soon field to protect its assets, \u003ci\u003eSpace Wars \u003c\/i\u003edescribes a near-future nuclear nightmare that terrorists will relish but politicians prefer to ignore. In a quieter, more peaceful time, \u003ci\u003eSpace Wars\u003c\/i\u003e would be an exciting work of fiction. But with the United States now at war, \u003ci\u003eSpace Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is all too real.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Coumatos is the former U.S. Space Command Director in charge of wargames and a former National Security Agency counterterrorism adviser. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam B. Scott is the editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eAviation Week \u0026amp; Space Technology \u003c\/i\u003eand a nine-year U.S. Air Force veteran who served as aircrew on nuclear sampling missions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam J. Birnes is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Day After Roswell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorker in the Light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694006931519,"sku":"9780765313829","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/55d728d6efd0be4cbac97d193f388ae5.webp?v=1765000700","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/space-wars-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}