Competing with the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America

(Part of the Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series)

by Audra J. Wolfe

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A synthetic account of how science became a central weapon in the ideological Cold War.

Honorable Mention for the Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in America

For most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable except open military engagement. The Cold War placed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:142140771X

ISBN13:9781421407715

Release Date:January 2013

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Competing with the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America

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