American Scientists and Nuclear Weapons Policy ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Gilpin Robert  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400875467

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691625430

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780691625430

Subject: E861 Anti - nuclear war and nuclear war

Keyword: 自然科学总论,外交、国际关系

Language: ENG

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Description

As this study traces the history of the dramatic intra-scientific conflict over nuclear weapons which has developed since World War II, it analyzes the politically relevant ideas, attitudes, and behavior of those scientists who have been influential in the formulation of American policy toward nuclear weapons. The author contends that the emergence of the scientist into the mainstream of American political life is one of the great events of our history. As he assays the situation, he emphasizes the growing need for effective measures for integrating scientist-advisers into national policy-making processes. This well documented book will be of lasting value to both scientists and public administrators, and it will be of vital interest to all concerned with current problems of the nuclear era.

Originally published in 1962.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

Cover

Acknowledgments

II. Scientists Search for a Better World

III. The Developing Scientific Cleavage over the Cold War and the Hydrogen Bomb

IV. Scientists Seek an Alternative to Strategic Bombing

V. The Emergence of the "First Step" Philosophy

VI. The Victory of the "First Step" Philosophy: The Geneva System and Its Consequences

VII. The Conference of Experts: An Evaluation and the Scientific Reaction

VIII. The "First Step" Fails

IX. The Intra-Scientific Conflict over a Nuclear Test Ban: The Problem of Conflicting Expertise

X. The Task of Political Leadership

Index

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