From Pugwash to Putin : : A Critical History of US-Soviet Scientific Cooperation.

For 60 years, scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union participated in state-organized programs of collaboration. From the first scientific exchanges of the Cold War years through the fall of the Soviet Union, Gerson S. Sher, a former manager of these cooperative programs, provides a d...

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Place / Publishing House:Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2019.
©2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Timeline
  • 1. The Deep Cold War and the Exchange Programs
  • 2. D├ętente and the Heyday of Massive Agreements
  • 3. Sanctions and Perestroika
  • 4. After the Fall: New Times, New Approaches
  • Part II: In Their Own Words
  • 5. How Did It Start?
  • 6. What Kept Them Going?
  • 7. Scientific Accomplishments
  • 8. Other Accomplishments
  • 9. Problems
  • 10. On the Nature of Science in the Former Soviet Union
  • 11. Vignettes
  • Part III: Conclusion: So What?
  • 12. What to Make of It All?
  • Appendix: List of Interviews
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.