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Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower Kindle Edition
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRepublic Book Publishers
- Publication dateSeptember 15, 2020
- File size3535 KB
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This book is not an even-handed exposition about policy, it is a warning and political prescription for how to act in space. His political narrative makes the book more engaging than those of his contemporaries.
Although it is political-and generally pro-Trump-it is clear that Weichert's interest is not partisanship, but averting a space Pearl Harbor that would cause global misery. I hope he gets everything he wants.
There will be a race for mining space resources on the moon, asteroids, and Mars. Any great power that has not strategically invested in the space domain, will be extremely vulnerable. An attack on a target country's satellite system or via the use of an EMP could diffuse any attempt they have in a retaliatory response as their communications would be down.
Apart from analyzing the American, Chinese, and Russian positions, he looks at the rest of the competition: India, Israel, Brazil, Japan, and more.
Ultimately, if America doesn't invest in the final frontier, it will lose its superpower status. The severe socio-economic and cultural divisions plaguing the United States will only make it more difficult to work together toward common goals as Weichert explains in his book. "Winning Space" is of great value and provides a broad perspective, bringing people not terribly familiar with the topic up-to-speed.
1. Hyper-partisan rhetoric. This text is filled with name-calling of the left. U.S. national security is not a right or left issue, it is an American issue. Generally speaking, when authors freely cast blame and resort to name calling, rather than identifying opposing arguments and countering them with substance, it is a sign that they have not done their homework and can’t substantiate their viewpoints. There are constant references to the nihilism of the Left. Nihilism is defined by Merriam Webster as “a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless.” It is perfectly acceptable to disagree with “the Left” or progressive policies, debate is an essential part of democratic society, but it is absurd to say that “the Left” believes that existence is senseless and useless. That is not a fair representation of a good portion of “the Left.” The sycophantic references to President Trump are also annoying and provide no real value to the arguments.
2. Loose and unsubstantiated assertions. Weichert makes a number of loose and unsubstantiated assertions throughout the book, which makes it read more like a bad grad school paper than a serious text on a national security topic. He should remove the frequent hyper-partisan language and cultural references and cannibalize that space for a more focused discussion on the topic and to back up some of his assertions. There is also frequent use of the term “at cost” throughout this book that makes me think that Weichert either doesn’t understand what that term actually means, doesn’t understand the subject matter he is describing, or both.
3. Factual errors. There are some blatant factual errors, which makes me question the overall research. For example, on page 184, Weichert states, “In June 1967, Israel was surprise attacked by its overwhelmingly large Arab neighbors during the Six-Day War.” Israel was not “surprise attacked” in June 1967. Yes, Arab countries had amassed forces by the border with the likely intent to attack Israel, but Israel launched a preemptive airstrike that destroyed a good portion of the Egyptian Air Force, which greatly contributed to Israel establishing air supremacy during the short conflict. When basic facts like these are misconstrued in order to substantiate a point it makes me think that the author is either not really researching his subject matter or deliberately misleading the reader.
4. A clear lack of editing. This book does not appear to have undergone any professional editing. Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine, but there are multiple grammatical errors in this book which gives me the impression it did not undergo any serious review prior to publication.
This book appears to be a rushed first draft rather than a thoughtful and pointed discussion on a critical topic of U.S. national security. It is clear that Weichert is enthusiastic about the subject matter and hopefully he will mature as a writer in the future.







