This book provides the first in-depth examination of the role of science and scientists in the national security policymaking of the Eisenhower administration. Eisenhower's New Look containment strategy was predicated on American strength in science and technology, but the relationship between science and the Cold War state was complex and conflicted. Scientists and statesmen constantly negotiated the appropriate balance between the requirements of scientific progress and national security. Ultimately, after the Soviet sputniks, Eisenhower's personal science advisers, James Killian and George Kistiakowsky, supported by the newly-established President's Science Advisory Committee, became ubiquitous as the administration grappled with the consequences of the technological arms race and the advent of the space race.
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Scientists and statesmen: President Eisenhower's science advisers and national security policy
2015, Republic of Letters Publishing BV
in English
908979106X 9789089791061
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"HIR 31," "IRDI 20"--Spine.
"History of International Relations Library 31," "History of International Relations" "Diplomacy and Intelligence 20"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-291) and index.
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