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Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II (2019)

Whitesides, Greg (Author)

Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2019
Language: English

ISBN: 9781108420440

Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 350

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Climate change Intellectual property Green revolution Nuclear power; atomic energy Foreign relations; diplomacy 21st century 20th century, late United States

The sciences played a critical role in American foreign policy after World War II. From atomic energy and satellites to the green revolution, scientific advances were central to American diplomacy in the early Cold War, as the United States leveraged its scientific and technical pre-eminence to secure alliances and markets. The growth of applied research in the 1970s, exemplified by the biotech industry, led the United States to promote global intellectual property rights. Priorities shifted with the collapse of the Soviet Union, as attention turned to information technology and environmental sciences. Today, international relations take place within a scientific and technical framework, whether in the headlines on global warming and the war on terror or in the fine print of intellectual property rights. Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II provides the historical background necessary to understand the contemporary geopolitics of science.

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Review Adriana Minor (2023) Review of "Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 452-453). unapi

Review Zuoyue Wang (2020) Review of "Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II". American Historical Review (pp. 1915-1916). unapi

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