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Wolfe, Audra J..
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Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Science and state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War -- Social aspects.
United States -- Relations -- Europe, Western
Europe, Western -- Relations -- United States
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Wolfe, Audra J..
Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Science and state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War -- Social aspects.
United States -- Relations -- Europe, Western
Europe, Western -- Relations -- United States
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Freedom's laboratory : the
Cold
War
struggle
for the
soul
of
science
/ Audra J. Wolfe.
by
Wolfe, Audra J..
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Call #:
338.97306 W855f
Subjects
Science
and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Science
and state -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.
Cold
War
-- Social aspects.
United States -- Relations -- Europe, Western
Europe, Western -- Relations -- United States
ISBN:
9781421426730 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Cold
War
struggle
for the
soul
of
science
Description:
x, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-291) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Western
science
vs. Marxist
science
-- Ambassadors for
science
-- The
science
of persuasion --
Science
and freedom --
Science
for peace --
Science
for diplomacy -- Developing scientific minds -- An unscientific reckoning -- Scientists' rights are human rights -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Scientists like to proclaim that
science
knows no borders. Scientific researchers follow the evidence where it leads, their conclusions free of prejudice or ideology. But is that really the case? In Freedom's Laboratory, Audra J. Wolfe shows how these ideas were tested to their limits in the high-stakes propaganda battles of the
Cold
War
. Wolfe examines the role that scientists, in concert with administrators and policymakers, played in American cultural diplomacy after World
War
II. During this period, the engines of US propaganda promoted a vision of
science
that highlighted empiricism, objectivity, a commitment to pure research, and internationalism. Working (both overtly and covertly, wittingly and unwittingly) with governmental and private organizations, scientists attempted to decide what, exactly, they meant when they referred to "scientific freedom" or the "US ideology." More frequently, however, they defined American
science
merely as the opposite of Communist
science
. Uncovering many startling episodes of the close relationship between the US government and private scientific groups, Freedom's Laboratory is the first work to explore
science
's link to US propaganda and psychological warfare campaigns during the
Cold
War
. Closing in the present day with a discussion of the recent March for
Science
and the prospects for
science
and
science
diplomacy in the Trump era, the book demonstrates the continued hold of
Cold
War
thinking on ideas about
science
and politics in the United States.
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