Scientists at War : The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research /

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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 spark...

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Autor principal: Bridger, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Cold War.
Military research > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Military research > United States > History > 20th century.
Military weapons > Technological innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Nuclear weapons > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Science > Social aspects.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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  • 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

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