Province of All Mankind

<p><b><i>The Province of All Mankind</i></b><b> is the story of a powerful idea about the cosmos. </b>Born in the science-fiction literature of the nineteenth century and maturing in the Age of Apollo this idea held that outer space should be preserved as a sanctuary from human strife free from weapons warfare and political rivalry. If humanity could somehow leave violence behind as it moved into space perhaps peace would finally reign. </p><p>Bucking a half-century of space race scholarship Stephen Buono argues that despite waging a totalizing Cold War the United States achieved stunning diplomatic successes that heralded the cosmos as a realm of peace and cooperation. The early story of space politics is not primarily one of militarization but rather of political prescience and restraint. <i>The Province of All Mankind</i> demonstrates that space became a unique domain of American foreign relations and international law and provides lessons for the Second Cold War unfolding over the horizon.</p>