In Sputnik's Shadow

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  • In Sputnik's Shadow Book Detail

  • Author : Zuoyue Wang
  • Release Date : 2009
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Genre : Business & Economics
  • Pages : 480
  • ISBN 13 : 0813546885
  • File Size : 44,44 MB

In Sputnik's Shadow by Zuoyue Wang PDF Summary

Book 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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