| Description |
xv, 500 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Carleton library series ; 242 |
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Carleton library series ; 242.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-472) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : satellites and surveillance capitalism -- "A permanent state of 'Cold War'" : preparing the environment, 1940-1968 -- "Our knowledge is in the holes" : software consulting and the sweat-equity formula, 1968-1977 -- "Innovation in a cold climate" : remote sensing and the government contracting paradigm, 1971-1980 -- "Two things went wrong at once" : financial crises, mythical man-months, and the near-death experience, 1975-1981 -- "Unscrambling the mess" : financial restructuring, management discipline, and the military contracting formula, 1981-1987 -- "The systems vision was too hard" : investor strategies, product development, and the demise of the manufacturing vision, 1982-1988 -- "One amorphous mass" : systems integration, strategic planning, and the search for liquidity, 1988-1993 -- "This company will be sold" : MDA's public offering, Orbital's acquisition, and the dot-com bust, 1993-2001 -- "Shades of grey" : 11 September 2001, the homeland security bubble, and Canada's sovereignty imbroglio, 2001-2008 -- "A lucky escape" : the great recession, property information divestment, and the acquisition of a critical mass in satellite manufacturing, 2009-2012 -- Conclusion: "Unseen, in the background" : a view from the security state. |
| Form |
Issued also in electronic format. |
| Subject |
Security, International.
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Space security.
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Defense contracts.
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Electronic surveillance.
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Capitalism.
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Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
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Defense contracts. (OCoLC)fst00889611
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Electronic surveillance. (OCoLC)fst00907477
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Security, International. (OCoLC)fst01110895
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Space security. (OCoLC)fst01747067
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| Other Form: |
Wills, Jocelyn, 1960- Tug of war. Carleton library series Carleton library series ; (CaOONL)20179021842 |
| ISBN |
9780773550476 (cloth) |
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077355047X (cloth) |
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