Format:
1 Online-Ressource (X, 350 Seiten)
Edition:
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard University Press 2015 Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780674426085
Series Statement:
De Gruyter eBook-Paket Geschichte
Content:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Prologue: The Conscience of a Physicist -- 1. The Sputnik Opportunity -- 2. The Moral Case for a Test Ban -- 3. The Science of Nonnuclear War -- 4. Into the Ethical Hot Pot -- 5. Disaster and Disillusionment in Vietnam -- 6. Institutional Reckonings at MIT -- 7. The New Left Assault on Neutrality -- 8. Collapse of the Sputnik Order -- 9. A United Front against Star Wars -- Epilogue: Science and Ethics after the Cold War -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Content:
Sarah Bridger examines the ethical debates that tested the U.S. scientific community during the Cold War, and scientists’ contributions to military technologies and strategic policymaking, from the dawning atomic age through the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) in the 1980s, which sparked cross-generational opposition among scientists
Note:
FrontmatterContentsAbbreviations Used in TextPrologue: The Conscience of a Physicist1. The Sputnik Opportunity2. The Moral Case for a Test Ban3. The Science of Nonnuclear War4. Into the Ethical Hot Pot5. Disaster and Disillusionment in Vietnam6. Institutional Reckonings at MIT7. The New Left Assault on Neutrality8. Collapse of the Sputnik Order9. A United Front against Star WarsEpilogue: Science and Ethics after the Cold WarNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex.
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Electronic reproduction; Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674736825
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bridger, Sarah Scientists at war Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press, 2015 ISBN 9780674736825
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Ost-West-Konflikt
;
Kriegswaffe
;
Kernwaffe
;
Forschung und Entwicklung
;
Ethik
;
Geschichte
DOI:
10.4159/9780674426085
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