LEADER 04666nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910453571703321 005 20210526221024.0 010 $a1-281-77645-9 010 $a9786611776459 010 $a0-8135-4514-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813545141 035 $a(CKB)1000000000541741 035 $a(EBL)361661 035 $a(OCoLC)476190934 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169645 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218968 035 $a(PQKB)11100598 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361661 035 $a(OCoLC)271349575 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8105 035 $a(DE-B1597)541665 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813545141 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251792 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL177645 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000541741 100 $a20070829d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn Sputnik's shadow$b[electronic resource] $ethe President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America /$fZuoyue Wang 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (478 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4331-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tNote to the Reader --$tAbbreviations Used in Text --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. Prelude: Before Sputnik --$t1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 --$t2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 --$t3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 --$t4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 --$tPart II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC --$t5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 --$t6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 --$t7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 --$t8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 --$t9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 --$t10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 --$tPart III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism --$t11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 --$t12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 --$t13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 --$t14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 --$t15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 --$t16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 --$tEpilogue --$tConclusion --$tAppendix --$tAbbreviations Used in Notes --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aIn today's world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our perceptions of what these new possibilities can and cannot do for social progress. In Sputnik's Shadow provides a lens to do just that, by tracing the rise and fall of the President's Science Advisory Committee from its ascendance under Eisenhower in the wake of the Soviet launching of Sputnik to its demise during the Nixon years. Members of this committee shared a strong sense of technological skepticism; they were just as inclined to advise the president about what technology couldn't do-for national security, space exploration, arms control, and environmental protection-as about what it could do. Zuoyue Wang 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. Bringing new insights to the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the era, this book not only depicts the drama of Cold War American science, it gives perspective to how we think about technological advancements today. 606 $aScience and state$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSputnik satellites 606 $aCold War 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1953-1961 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory 615 0$aSputnik satellites. 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a338.973/0609045 686 $aMK 2300$2rvk 700 $aWang$b Zuoyue$f1963-$01034138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453571703321 996 $aIn Sputnik's shadow$92453071 997 $aUNINA