Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II (Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations) - Softcover

Whitesides, Greg

 
9781108409919: Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II (Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations)
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ISBN 10: 1108409911 ISBN 13: 9781108409919
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

The sciences played a critical role in American foreign policy after World War II. From atomic energy and satellites to the green revolution, scientific advances were central to American diplomacy in the early Cold War, as the United States leveraged its scientific and technical pre-eminence to secure alliances and markets. The growth of applied research in the 1970s, exemplified by the biotech industry, led the United States to promote global intellectual property rights. Priorities shifted with the collapse of the Soviet Union, as attention turned to information technology and environmental sciences. Today, international relations take place within a scientific and technical framework, whether in the headlines on global warming and the war on terror or in the fine print of intellectual property rights. Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II provides the historical background necessary to understand the contemporary geopolitics of science.

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About the Author

Greg Whitesides is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Denver.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108409911
ISBN 13 
9781108409919
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
354

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