Scientists and statesmen
Subtitle: President Eisenhower's science advisers and national security policy
By: Richard V. Damms
Series: History of International Relations, Diplomacy and Intelligence -- v. 20; ScientistHistory of International Relations Library -- 31; History of international relations, diplomacy, and intelligence -- v. 20; History of international relations library -- 31
Publisher: Republic of Letters Publishing BV
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789089791061; 9789089791054
Subjects: National security; History; Military-industrial complex; Scientists in government; Science and state; Politics and government; Foreign relations
Other titles: President Eisenhower's science advisers and national security policy
Description: 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.
Notes: "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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. From the Old Consensus to the New: The Impact of Depression and War on Government-Science Relations; title: Chapter 2. Science, Secrecy, and Security: Science Advice in the Early Eisenhower Administration; title: Chapter 3. The Technological Capabilities Panel and the Emergence of Eisenhower's "Scientific-Technological Elite"; title: Chapter 4. The Sputnik Crisis and the Reorganization of Science Advice at the White House; title: Chapter 5. Containing the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex: Eisenhower's Scientists and Post-Sputnik Defense Policy; title: Chapter 6. Eisenhower's Science Advisers and the Early Space Race; title: Chapter 7. The Limitations of Expert Advice: The Nuclear Test Ban Debate; title: Chapter 8. Strengthening American Science: National Security, Science, and Education; title: Conclusion.