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Description: Tug of War by Jocelyn Wills Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Lifting the veil on a corporate world girded by powerful forces at the nexus of state, capital, and geopolitical power games. Publisher Description Selling Earth observation satellites on their abilities to predict and limit adverse environmental change, politicians, business leaders, the media, and technology enthusiasts have spent sixty years arguing that space exploration can create a more peaceful, prosperous world. Capitalist states have also socialized the risk and privatized the profits of the commercial space industry by convincing taxpayers to fund surveillance technologies as necessary components of sovereignty, freedom, and democracy. Jocelyn Willss Tug of War reminds us that colonizing the cosmos has not only accelerated the arms race but also encouraged government contractors to compete for the military and commercial spoils of surveillance. Although Canadians prefer to celebrate their role as purveyors of peaceful space applications, Canada has played a pivotal part in the expansion of neoliberal policies and surveillance networks that now encircle the globe, primarily as a political ally of the United States and component supplier for its military-industrial complex.Tracing the forty-five-year history of Canadas largest space company - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) - through the lens of surveillance studies and a trove of oral history transcripts, government documents, trade journals, and other sources, Wills places capitalisms imperial ambitions squarely at the centre of Canada-US relations and the privatization of the Canadian political economy. Tug of War confronts the mythic lure of technological progress and the ways in which those who profess little interest in war rationalize their leap into military contracting by avoiding the moral and political implications of their work. Author Biography Jocelyn Wills is professor of history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Details ISBN 077355047X ISBN-13 9780773550476 Title Tug of War Author Jocelyn Wills Format Hardcover Year 2017 Pages 518 Publisher McGill-Queens University Press GE_Item_ID:158417877; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780773550476

Book Title: Tug of War

Number of Pages: 518 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Tug of War : Surveillance Capitalism, Military Contracting, and the Rise of the Security State

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Subject: Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Public Policy / Military Policy, Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, Security (National & International)

Item Height: 1.6 in

Publication Year: 2017

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 32.1 Oz

Item Length: 9.1 in

Author: Jocelyn Wills

Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics

Series: Carleton Library Ser.

Item Width: 6.5 in

Format: Hardcover