Format:
XV, 356 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004340152
Series Statement:
History of modern science 3
Content:
"From 1957 onwards, the "Pugwash Conferences" brought together elite scientists from across ideological and political divides to work towards disarmament. Through a series of national case studies - Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, the US and USSR - this volume offers a critical reassessment of the development and work of "Pugwash" nationally, internationally, and as a transnational forum for Track II diplomacy. This major new collection reveals the difficulties that Pugwash scientists encountered as they sought to reach across the blocs, create a channel for East-West dialogue and realize the project's founding aim of influencing state actors. Uniquely, the book affords a sense of the contingent and contested process by which the network-like organization took shape around the conferences. Contributors are Gordon Barrett, Matthew Evangelista, Silke Fengler, Alison Kraft, Fabian Lüscher, Doubravka Olšáková, Geoffrey Roberts, Paul Rubinson, and Carola Sachse"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Science, (anti-)communism and diplomacy Leiden : Brill, 2020 ISBN 9789004340176
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pugwash-Konferenz
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1955-1965
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Sachse, Carola 1951-
