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From Pugwash to Putin : a critical history of US-Soviet scientific cooperation
Title
From Pugwash to Putin : a critical history of US-Soviet scientific cooperation / Gerson S. Sher.
ISBN
9780253042613
0253042615
9780253042620
0253042623
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Summary
"For 60 years, scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union participated in state-organized programs of collaboration. From the first scientific exchanges of the Cold War years through the fall of the Soviet Union, Gerson S. Sher, a former manager of these cooperative programs, provides a detailed and critical assessment of what worked, what didn't, and why it matters"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Sher, Gerson S., 1947- author. From Pugwash to Putin Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 03, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The timeline. The deep Cold War and the exchange programs
Detente and the heyday of massive agreements
Sanctions and Perestroika
After the fall : new times, new approaches
In their own words. How did it start?
What kept them going?
Scientific accomplishments
Other accomplishments
Problems
On the nature of science in the former Soviet Union
Vignettes
Conclusion : so what? What to make of it all?
Appendix.
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