From Pugwash to Putin , livre ebook
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English
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2019
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324
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English
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2019
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Publié par
Date de parution
17 mai 2019
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9780253042637
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
5 Mo
For 60 years, scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union participated in state-organized programs of collaboration. But what really happened in these programs? What were the hopes of the participants and governments? How did these programs weather the bumpiest years of political turbulence? And were the programs worth the millions of dollars invested in them? From Pugwash to Putin provides accounts from 63 insiders who participated in these programs, including interviews with scientists, program managers, and current or former government officials. In their own words, these participants discuss how and why they engaged in cooperative science, what their initial expectations were, and what lessons they learned. They tell stories of gravitational waves, classified chalkboards, phantom scientists, AIDS propaganda, and gunfire at meteorological stations, illustrating the tensions and benefits of this collaborative work. From the first scientific exchanges of the Cold War years through the years following the fall of the Soviet Union, Gerson S. Sher provides a sweeping and critical history of what happens when science is used as a foreign policy tool. Sher, a former manager of these cooperative programs, provides a detailed and critical assessment of what worked, what didn't, and why it matters.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Timeline
1. The Deep Cold War and the Exchange Program
2. Détente and the Heyday of Massive Agreements
3. Sanctions and Perestroika
4. After the Fall: New Times, New Approaches
Part II: In Their Own Words
5. How Did It Start?
6. What Kept Them Going?
7. Scientific Accomplishments
8. Other Accomplishments
9. Problems
10. On the Nature of Sciences in the Former Soviet Union
11. Vignettes
Part III: Conclusion: So What?
12. What to Make of It All?
Appendix: List of Interviews
References
Publié par
Date de parution
17 mai 2019
EAN13
9780253042637
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
5 Mo
