Book ID: CBB746199985

From Pugwash to Putin: A Critical History of US–Soviet Scientific Cooperation (2019)

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Sher, Gerson S. (Author)


Indiana University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 318
Language: English

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.

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Authors & Contributors
Higuchi, Toshihiro
Darina Volf
Dickman, Robert L.
Vanden Bout, Paul A.
Plunkett, Adele L.
Michele Ostovar
Concepts
International cooperation
Cold War
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Scientific collaboration
Nuclear testing
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Institutions
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
Hubble Space Telescope
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