In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America

In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America
ISBN-10
0813546885
ISBN-13
9780813546889
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
454
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Zuoyue Wang

Description

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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