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TUG OF WAR CARLETON LIBRARY SERIES The Carleton Library Series publishes books about Canadian economics, geography, history, politics, public policy, society and culture, and related topics, in the form of leading new scholarship and reprints of classics in these fields. The series is funded by Carleton University, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, and is under the guidance of the Carleton Library Series Editorial Board, which consists of faculty members of Carleton University. Suggestions and proposals for manuscripts and new editions of classic works are welcome and may be directed to the Carleton Library Series Editorial Board c/o the Library, Carleton University, Ottawa KIS 5B6, at [email protected], or on the web at www.carleton.ca/cls. 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Heaman 241 Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide Cooking with a Canadian Classic Edited by Nathalie Cooke and Fiona Lucas 242 Tug of War Surveillance Capitalism, Military Contracting, and the Rise of the Security State Jocelyn Wills TUG OF WAR Surveillance Capitalism, Military Contracting, and the Rise of the Security State JOCELYN WILLS Carleton Library Series 242 McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2017 ISBN 978-0-7735-5047-6 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-7735-5048-3 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-7735-5049-0 (ePUB) Legal deposit third quarter 2017 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Wills, Jocelyn, 1960–, author Tug of war : surveillance capitalism, military contracting, and the rise of the security state / Jocelyn Wills. (Carleton library series ; 242) Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-7735-5047-6 (cloth). – ISBN 978-0-7735-5048-3 (ePDF). – ISBN 978-0-7735-5049-0 (ePUB) 1. Security, International. 2. Space security. 3. Defense contracts. 4. Electronic surveillance. 5. Capitalism. I. Title. II. Series: Carleton library series ; 242 JZ5588.W55 2017 355’.033 C2017-902183-4 C2017-902184-2 This book was typeset by True to Type in 10.5/13 Sabon. For Tom Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Satellites and Surveillance Capitalism 1 “A Permanent State of ‘Cold War’”: Preparing the Environment, 1940–1968 PART ONE THE TECHNOLOGY ENTHUSIASTS 2 “Our Knowledge Is in the Holes”: Software Consulting and the Sweat- Equity Formula, 1968–1977 3 “Innovation in a Cold Climate”: Remote Sensing and the Government Contracting Paradigm, 1971–1980 4 “Two Things Went Wrong at Once”: Financial Crises, Mythical Man- Months, and the Near-Death Experience, 1975–1981 PART TWO THE INVESTOR-BUSINESS STRATEGISTS 5 “Unscrambling the Mess”: Financial Restructuring, Management Discipline, and the Military Contracting Formula, 1981–1987 6 “The Systems Vision Was Too Hard”: Investor Strategies, Product Development, and the Demise of the Manufacturing Vision, 1982–1988 7 “One Amorphous Mass”: Systems Integration, Strategic Planning, and the Search for Liquidity, 1988–1993 PART THREE THE SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS 8 “This Company Will Be Sold”: MDA’s Public Offering, Orbital’s Acquisition, and the Dot-Com Bust, 1993–2001 9 “Shades of Grey”: 11 September 2001, the Homeland Security Bubble, and Canada’s Sovereignty Imbroglio, 2001–2008 10 “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 Notes Bibliography Index
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