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

Scientists at War : : The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research / / Sarah Bridger.

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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Bridger, Sarah,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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