The Cold War and American science: the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford
Assessing the World War I alliance between big business and academic science, the scholar and critic Randolph Bourne prophetically argued that the university would ultimately be "degraded from its old, noble ideal of a community of scholarship to a private commercial corporation." In The C...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Assessing the World War I alliance between big business and academic science, the scholar and critic Randolph Bourne prophetically argued that the university would ultimately be "degraded from its old, noble ideal of a community of scholarship to a private commercial corporation." In The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford, Stuart Leslie shows how the post-World War II alliance of the U.S. military, high technology corporations, and academia redefined and degraded both American science and the American university. Using MIT and Stanford as case studies, Leslie offers a critical and compelling look at this new American science in the making. He reveals the misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country. And he demonstrates how defense spending put the heat in "Silicon Valley Fever" and the magic in the "Massachusetts Miracle," with significant implications for American competitiveness. Throughout, Leslie illuminates the manifold consequences of the academic-military partnership in terms of its impact on scholarly research, intellectual freedom, and scientific progress. The book concludes with vivid descriptions of the protests against campus military research that shook Stanford and MIT in the late 196Os. The Cold War and American Science is a cautionary tale about the militarization of science at the expense of research in the civilian sector. Leslie notes the high price of decades of military control over America's high-technology agenda: "While the 'benefits' of the military/industrial/academic complex have been amply demonstrated in successive generations of sophisticated weapons systems, so have the costs, in an American science and engineering dominated by the same mindset that made those weapons possible in the first place." |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 332, [16] S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0231079583 |
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| spelling | Leslie, Stuart W. Verfasser aut The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford Stuart W. Leslie New York Columbia Univ. Press 1993 XIII, 332, [16] S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Assessing the World War I alliance between big business and academic science, the scholar and critic Randolph Bourne prophetically argued that the university would ultimately be "degraded from its old, noble ideal of a community of scholarship to a private commercial corporation." In The Cold War and American Science: The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford, Stuart Leslie shows how the post-World War II alliance of the U.S. military, high technology corporations, and academia redefined and degraded both American science and the American university. Using MIT and Stanford as case studies, Leslie offers a critical and compelling look at this new American science in the making. He reveals the misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country. And he demonstrates how defense spending put the heat in "Silicon Valley Fever" and the magic in the "Massachusetts Miracle," with significant implications for American competitiveness. Throughout, Leslie illuminates the manifold consequences of the academic-military partnership in terms of its impact on scholarly research, intellectual freedom, and scientific progress. The book concludes with vivid descriptions of the protests against campus military research that shook Stanford and MIT in the late 196Os. The Cold War and American Science is a cautionary tale about the militarization of science at the expense of research in the civilian sector. Leslie notes the high price of decades of military control over America's high-technology agenda: "While the 'benefits' of the military/industrial/academic complex have been amply demonstrated in successive generations of sophisticated weapons systems, so have the costs, in an American science and engineering dominated by the same mindset that made those weapons possible in the first place." Stanford University (DE-588)2885-X gnd rswk-swf Massachusetts Institute of Technology (DE-588)2179-9 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1950-1990 gnd rswk-swf Educación superior - Aspectos políticos - EE.UU Enseignement supérieur - Recherche - Etats-Unis ram Guerre froide ram Industrie gtt Koude Oorlog gtt Massachusetts Institute of Technology gtt Militair-industrieel complex gtt Militaire technologie gtt Natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek gtt Recherche militaire - Etats-Unis ram Stanford University gtt Universiteiten gtt Politik Universität Military research -- United States Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States Militärisch-industrieller Komplex (DE-588)4134127-2 gnd rswk-swf Militärische Forschung (DE-588)4350479-6 gnd rswk-swf Forschung und Entwicklung (DE-588)4017897-3 gnd rswk-swf Hochschule (DE-588)4072560-1 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4522595-3 Fallstudiensammlung gnd-content USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Militärische Forschung (DE-588)4350479-6 s Hochschule (DE-588)4072560-1 s DE-604 Militärisch-industrieller Komplex (DE-588)4134127-2 s Forschung und Entwicklung (DE-588)4017897-3 s Geschichte 1950-1990 z DE-188 Stanford University (DE-588)2885-X b Massachusetts Institute of Technology (DE-588)2179-9 b |
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| title | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford |
| title_auth | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford |
| title_exact_search | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford |
| title_full | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford Stuart W. Leslie |
| title_fullStr | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford Stuart W. Leslie |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Cold War and American science the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford Stuart W. Leslie |
| title_short | The Cold War and American science |
| title_sort | the cold war and american science the military industrial academic complex at mit and stanford |
| title_sub | the military-industrial-academic complex at MIT and Stanford |
| topic | Stanford University (DE-588)2885-X gnd Massachusetts Institute of Technology (DE-588)2179-9 gnd Educación superior - Aspectos políticos - EE.UU Enseignement supérieur - Recherche - Etats-Unis ram Guerre froide ram Industrie gtt Koude Oorlog gtt Massachusetts Institute of Technology gtt Militair-industrieel complex gtt Militaire technologie gtt Natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek gtt Recherche militaire - Etats-Unis ram Stanford University gtt Universiteiten gtt Politik Universität Military research -- United States Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States Militärisch-industrieller Komplex (DE-588)4134127-2 gnd Militärische Forschung (DE-588)4350479-6 gnd Forschung und Entwicklung (DE-588)4017897-3 gnd Hochschule (DE-588)4072560-1 gnd |
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