Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya

Science, Technology and the Cultural Cold War in Asia

From Atoms for Peace to Space Flight

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Produktbeschreibung

Tsuchiya presents a new insight into the political roles of science and technology during the Cold War era in Asia. The Cold War was not only a battle of conflicting ideologies and economic systems, but also a competition of cultures and lifestyles, and a battle to win hearts and minds of people in developing countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781032153292
• ISBN-10: 1032153296
• Artikelnr.: 69924117

Autorenporträt

Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya is Professor of History and American Studies in the Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies at Kyoto University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

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Acknowledgment
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
PART I
Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Energy
2 The Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Scientists: Congress for Cultural
Freedom and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
3 "Foreign Atoms for Peace" and the Export of Research Reactors
4 International Students of Atomic Energy: the Argonne International School
of Nuclear Science and Engineering
5 Contradictions in the Overseas Information Program: Nuclear Tests in the
Pacific and Compensation Negotiation with Japan
PART II
New Development in the Overseas Information Programs
6 From Atoms for Peace to Science for Peace
7 Project Hope and Medical Aid Programs
8 Space Flight as a New Overseas Information Program
9 Epilogue
References
Index