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The Cold War and American Science : The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford - Stuart W. Leslie

The Cold War and American Science

The Military-Industrial-Academic Complex at MIT and Stanford

By: Stuart W. Leslie

Paperback | 27 May 1994 | Edition Number 1

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American science was as much the victim as the beneficiary of the Cold War. What science may have gained in funding, prestige, and political clout, it lost in independence and integrity. As one prominent scientist put it, the military bought American science on the installment plan, with fateful consequences for intellectual freedom. Military money and expectations blurred traditional distinctions between theory and practice, civilian and military, and claffified and unclassified, creating a new kind of American science that derived its character as well as its contracts from the Pentagon. Focusing on MIT and Stanford, Stuart Leslie reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology.
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"An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- "New Scientist" "An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- New Scientist "An eye-opener. During the Second World War, American universities won R& D contracts far bigger than those awarded to industrial giants.... Leslie shows how these seductive handouts finally compromised intellectual freedom and crumbled the American economy, causing campus riots on the way." -- "New Scientist"

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