Scientists at War

The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research

Sarah Bridger

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$49.50 • £39.95 • €44.50

ISBN 9780674736825

Publication Date: 04/06/2015

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368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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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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Co-Winner, 2016 S-USIH Book Award, Society for U.S. Intellectual History

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