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Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]

1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages)

ISBN 9781613764794 (e-book)

ISBN 9781625342430

ISBN 9781625342447

Culture, politics, and the Cold War

Print version: Rubinson, Paul, 1977- Redefining science : scientists, the national security state, and nuclear weapons in Cold War America. Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Pres, c2016 xiv, 306 pages Culture, politics, and the Cold War. ISBN 9781625342430

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: a tale of two hearings -- From "highly unreliable" to "patriotic and prompt": scientists confront the national security state, 1945/1957 -- Linus Pauling’s "science of morality": challenging nuclear weapons, 1950/1963 -- Edward Teller’s flexible response: defending nuclear weapons, 1954/1963 -- "Crucified on a cross of atoms": scientists and the Test Ban Treaty, 1957/1963 -- To "sail before the wind of time": scientists and disarmament after the Test Ban Treaty, 1963/1972 -- The dilemmas of Herbert York: opposition in the mainstream, 1952/1981 -- "An elaborate way of committing national suicide": Carl Sagan and nuclear winter, 1980/1989 -- "An emotional grassroots offensive": scientists, SDI, and the moral challenge to nuclear weapons, 1980/1991 -- Conclusion: the future of nuclear weapons.

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