In Sputnik's Shadow : The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America.
Title:
In Sputnik's Shadow : The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America.
Author:
Wang, Zuoyue.
ISBN:
9780813545141
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (478 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I: Prelude: Before Sputnik -- Chapter 1: American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- Chapter 2: The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- Chapter 3: Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- Chapter 4: Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II: Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- Chapter 5: Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- Chapter 6: PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- Chapter 7: Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- Chapter 8: The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- Chapter 9: The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- Chapter 10: The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III: The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- Chapter 11: Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- Chapter 12: Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- Chapter 13: Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- Chapter 14: "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- Chapter 15: PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- Chapter 16: The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
In Sputnik's Shadow traces the rise and fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee from its ascendance under Eisenhower to its demise during the Nixon years. Zuoyue Wang examines key turning points during the twentieth century, including the beginning of the Cold War, the debates over nuclear weapons, the Sputnik crisis in 1957, the struggle over the Vietnam War, and the eventual end of the Cold War, showing how the involvement of scientists in executive policymaking evolved over time and brings new insights to the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the era.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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