Re: Book "Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance --- " by Neil de Grasse Tyson

"a425couple"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...

I got an interesting book,

The Amazon site

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLKXV68/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and
the Military (Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Series)
by Neil de Grasse Tyson  (Author), Avis Lang  (Author) 2018 book

Looks like you can currently get the big heavy hardcover
delivered to your door for a total of just $5.25 !

"An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and
warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in
a Hurry.

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Pacifists conveniently ignore that the Soviets/Russians have been 
militarizing space since the early 60's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz
"In addition to reconnaissance equipment, Almaz was equipped with a unique 
23mm Rikhter (factory index 261P or 225P) rapid-fire cannon mounted on the 
forward belly of the station."
"The Almaz series are the only known armed, crewed military spacecraft ever 
flown."

Suspect covert foreign influence behind denial of the threat and especially 
calls for unilateral disarmament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_influence_on_the_peace_movement
Russian GRU defector Stanislav Lunev said in his autobiography that "the GRU 
and the KGB helped to fund just about every antiwar movement and 
organization in America and abroad," and that during the Vietnam War the 
USSR gave $1 billion to American anti-war movements, more than it gave to 
the VietCong, although he does not identify any organisation by name. Lunev 
described this as a "hugely successful campaign and well worth the cost"

They successfully  concealed their efforts from Western intelligence with 
cutouts, moles, "useful idiots", and money-laundering similar to the Mafia 
and drug trade.
"After demonstrations against NATO missiles in West Germany in 1981, an 
official investigation turned up circumstantial evidence but no absolute 
proof of KGB involvement."

AFAIK only the Mitrokhin archive and defectors revealed the operation. Their 
control was passive and undetected, they supplied funds for 
locally-originated actions they approved but not for ones they didn't, so 
the locals thought they were independent and had no clue (and still deny) 
they were being manipulated.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing