title: Cosmic War: Interplanetary Warfare, Modern Physics, and Ancient Texts: A Study in Non-Catastrophist Interpretations of Ancient Legends
author:  Joseph P. Farrell 
description: Joseph P. Farrell was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1957, has a B.A. in Biblical Studies and Philosophy, an M.A. in Historical and Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in Patristics (NOT physics as one of his publishers keeps insisting on saying in spite of his best efforts to get them to change that!). After a lifelong interest in alternative history, science, and a fascination for ancient texts, Joseph started writing in 2001 on these subjects. He also studied pipe organ from the age of six until beginning college, and composes classical music for friends and family. He also plays the harpsichord.
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/395588_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Part I. Introduction](html/Part_1.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [1\. Spacewar! The Dark Side of Astroculture](html/395588_1_En_1_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Part I. Embattling the Heavens](html/Part_2.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [2\. Cold War – But No War – in Space](html/395588_1_En_2_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [3\. The Nuclear Roots of the Space Race](html/395588_1_En_3_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [4\. West European Integration and the Militarization of Outer Space, 1945–70](html/395588_1_En_4_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Part II. Waging Future Wars](html/Part_3.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [5\. In Space, Violence Rules: Clashes and Conquests in Science-Fiction Cinema](html/395588_1_En_5_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [6\. C. S. Lewis and the Moral Threat of Space Exploration, 1938–64](html/395588_1_En_6_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [7\. One Nation, Two Astrocultures? Rocketry, Security and Dual Use in Divided Germany, 1949–61](html/395588_1_En_7_Chapt