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In Sputnik's Shadow

The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America

Zuoyue Wang

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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.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Jul 2009
Dimensions: 156 x 236 x 27 mm
ISBN: 9780813546889