Competing with the Soviets Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America |
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| Author:
| Wolfe, Audra J. |
| Series title: | Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-0771-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable except open military engagement. The Cold War placed two opposite conceptions of the good society before the uncommitted world and history itself, and science figured prominently in the picture. ......
For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable except open military engagement. The Cold War placed two opposite conceptions of the good society before the uncommitted world and history itself, and science figured prominently in the picture. ......