"Hunting the Red Bear: Satellite Reconnaissance and the ‘Second Offset Strategy’ in the Late Cold War," is Assistant Professor Aaron Bateman's latest publication for the International History Review. In the article, Bateman offers groundbreaking insight on the role of reconnaissance satellites in US national security during the Cold War. Accepted history saw such satellites as a stabilizing force between the US and the USSR. Using newly declassified documents, "Hunting the Red Bear" illustrates that reconnaissance satellites were, in fact, part of the US "Second Offset Strategy" in which the Pentagon pursued an edge over the USSR via advanced technologies. This spurred the development of satellite tracking weapons and, in turn, the space arms competition of the late Cold War. To learn more check out the complete article online.