Scientists at War : The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research / Sarah Bridger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridger, Sarah, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Science--Moral and ethical aspects.

Military weapons--Technological innovations--Moral and ethical aspects.

Military weapons.

Military research--United States--History--20th century.

Military research.

Military research--United States--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nuclear weapons--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Nuclear weapons.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sarah Bridger examines the ethical debates that tested the U.S. scientific community during the Cold War, and scientists’ contributions to military technologies and strategic policymaking, from the dawning atomic age through the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) in the 1980s, which sparked cross-generational opposition among scientists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations Used in Text

Prologue: The Conscience of a Physicist

1. The Sputnik Opportunity

2. The Moral Case for a Test Ban

3. The Science of Nonnuclear War

4. Into the Ethical Hot Pot

5. Disaster and Disillusionment in Vietnam

6. Institutional Reckonings at MIT

7. The New Left Assault on Neutrality

8. Collapse of the Sputnik Order

9. A United Front against Star Wars

Epilogue: Science and Ethics after the Cold War

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780674426108

067442610X

9780674426085

0674426088

OCLC:

905969803