From Pugwash to Putin

Gerson S Sher

Description

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.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Timeline

1. The Deep Cold War and the Exchange Program

2. Détente and the Heyday of Massive Agreements

3. Sanctions and Perestroika

4. After the Fall: New Times, New Approaches

Part II: In Their Own Words

5. How Did It Start?

6. What Kept Them Going?

7. Scientific Accomplishments

8. Other Accomplishments

9. Problems

10. On the Nature of Sciences in the Former Soviet Union

11. Vignettes

Part III: Conclusion: So What?

12. What to Make of It All?

Appendix: List of Interviews

References

Sujets

• 20th Century
• Former Soviet Union
• Modern
• HISTORY
• Histoire
• URSS
• Modern history
• Cold War
• General officer
• Soviet Union
• Russian
• Russia
• History of science
• History of the Americas
• General
• United States
• Guerre froide
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf
• Science
• Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
• Russie

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 17 mai 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253042637
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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F R O M P U G WA S H TO P U T I N

FR O M P U G WA S H TO P U T I N

A Critical History of US-Soviet ScientiIc Cooperation

Gerson S. Sher

IndIana UnIversIt y Press

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 DÉéé à é éà ô Màŝŝé Aéééŝ

4 ATé é à: Né éŝ Né Aôàçéŝ

8 Oé Aççôŝéŝ

6 Wà Ké hé Gô?

he Tîmeîne

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7 SçéIç Aççôŝéŝ

3 Sàçôŝ à Pééŝôà

Part I

 hé Déé Cô Wà à é Eçàé Pôàŝ

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0 O é Nàûé ô Sçéçé  é ôé Sôé Uô

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