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Oceanographers and the Cold War
Disciples of Marine Science
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2018
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99788-9 (ISBN)
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99788-9 (ISBN)
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Oceanographers and the Cold War is about patronage, politics, and the community of scientists. It is the first book to examine the study of the oceans during the Cold War era and explore the international focus of American oceanographers, taking into account the roles of the U.S. Navy, United States foreign policy, and scientists throughout the world. Jacob Hamblin demonstrates that to understand the history of American oceanography, one must consider its role in both conflict and cooperation with other nations.
Paradoxically, American oceanography after World War II was enmeshed in the military-industrial complex while characterized by close international cooperation. The military dimension of marine science--with its involvement in submarine acoustics, fleet operations, and sea-launched nuclear missiles--coexisted with data exchange programs with the Soviet Union and global operations in seas without borders.
From an uneasy cooperation with the Soviet bloc in the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, to the NATO Science Committee in the late 1960s, which excluded the Soviet Union, to the U.S. Marine Sciences Council, which served as an important national link between scientists and the government, Oceanographers and the Cold War reveals the military and foreign policy goals served by U.S. government involvement in cooperative activities between scientists, such as joint cruises and expeditions. It demonstrates as well the extent to which oceanographers used international cooperation as a vehicle to pursue patronage from military, government, and commercial sponsors during the Cold War, as they sought support for their work by creating "disciples of marine science" wherever they could.
Paradoxically, American oceanography after World War II was enmeshed in the military-industrial complex while characterized by close international cooperation. The military dimension of marine science--with its involvement in submarine acoustics, fleet operations, and sea-launched nuclear missiles--coexisted with data exchange programs with the Soviet Union and global operations in seas without borders.
From an uneasy cooperation with the Soviet bloc in the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, to the NATO Science Committee in the late 1960s, which excluded the Soviet Union, to the U.S. Marine Sciences Council, which served as an important national link between scientists and the government, Oceanographers and the Cold War reveals the military and foreign policy goals served by U.S. government involvement in cooperative activities between scientists, such as joint cruises and expeditions. It demonstrates as well the extent to which oceanographers used international cooperation as a vehicle to pursue patronage from military, government, and commercial sponsors during the Cold War, as they sought support for their work by creating "disciples of marine science" wherever they could.
Jacob Darwin Hamblin is a lecturer in history at California State University in Long Beach.
PrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Beginnings of Postwar Marine Science and Cooperation2. Oceanography's Greatest Patron3. The International Geophysical Year, 1957-19584. The New Face of International Oceanography5. Competition and Cooperation in the 1960s6. Oceanography, East and West7. Marine Science and Marine Affairs8. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.11.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 illus. |
Verlagsort | Seattle |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-295-99788-5 / 0295997885 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-99788-9 / 9780295997889 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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