LEADER 04872nam 22006615 450 001 9910254778103321 005 20251030102029.0 010 $a9781137596888 010 $a1137596880 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-59688-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000741503 035 $a(EBL)4716581 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59688-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4716581 035 $a(Perlego)3494292 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000741503 100 $a20160630d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aExploring Greenland $eCold War Science and Technology on Ice /$fedited by Ronald E. Doel, Kristine C. Harper, Matthias Heymann 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,$x2730-9738 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781137596871 311 08$a1137596872 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a.Introduction Exploring Greenland?s Secrets: Science, Technology, Diplomacy, and Cold War Planning in Global Contexts Ronald E. Doel, Kristine C. Harper, Matthias Heymann -- .Part One Arctic Challenges in the Cold War -- .Chapter 1 Defending the North American Continent: Why the Physical Environmental Sciences Mattered in Cold War Greenland Ronald E. Doel -- .Chapter 2 Small state preoccupations: science and technology in the pursuit of modernization, security, and sovereignty in Greenland Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen -- .Part Two Controlling Hostile Environments: Geophysical Research in Greenland -- .Chapter 3 Searching for Control: Weather Stations and Data in the Early Cold War Matthias Heymann -- .Chapter 4 Security and the nation: Glaciology in Early Cold War Greenland Janet Martin-Nielsen -- .Chapter 5 Failed Geologies: Danish and American Agendas for the Geological Investigation of Greenland, 1946-1960 Christopher JacobRies -- .Chapter 6 Battling the Aurora Borealis: The Transnational Coproduction of Ionospheric Research in Early Cold War Greenland Henrik Knudsen -- .Chapter 7 Danish Seismic Research in Relation to American Nuclear Detection Efforts Anne Lif Lund Jacobsen -- .Part Three< Entanglement and Transformation: Diplomacy and Politics of Science in Greenland -- .Chapter 8 Camp Century ? Cold War City under the Ice Henry Nielsen and Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen -- .Chapter 9 Cold War Greenland as a Space for International Scientific Collaboration Henrik Knudsen -- .Chapter 10 Cold Atoms: The Hunt for Uranium in Greenland in the Late Cold War and Beyond (1970-1989)Henry Nielsen and Henrik Knudsen.-. 330 $aUsing newly declassified documents, this book explores why U.S. military leaders after World War II sought to monitor the far north and understand the physical environment of Greenland, a crucial territory of Denmark. It reveals a fascinating yet little-known realm of Cold War intrigue and a delicate diplomatic duet between a smaller state and a superpower amid a time of intense global pressures. Written by scholars in Denmark and the United States, this book explores many compelling topics. What led to the creation of the U.S. Thule Air Base in Greenland, one of the world?s largest, and why did the U.S. build a nuclear-powered city under Greenland?s ice cap? How did Danish concern about sovereignty shape scientific research programs in Greenland? Also explored here: why did Denmark?s most famous scientist, Inge Lehmann, became involved in research in Greenland, and what international reverberations resulted from the crash of a U.S. B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons near Thule in January 1968? 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,$x2730-9738 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aGeology 606 $aModern History 606 $aUS History 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aGeology 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aGeology. 615 14$aModern History. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aGeology. 676 $a509.73 702 $aDoel$b Ronald E$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aHarper$b Kristine C$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aHeymann$b Matthias$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254778103321 996 $aExploring Greenland$91998302 997 $aUNINA