Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (991 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295997885 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jacob Darwin Hamblin is a lecturer in history at California State University in Long Beach.
Navy, United States foreign policy, and scientists throughout the world. 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.. 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. The militar
"Oceanographers and the Cold War is of tremendous value, as it challenges readers, and other historians, to take into account not just the national background of various marine scientific enterprises, but international issues and the overarching political themes of an era, which affect how science is done."History of Philosophical and Life Sciences"This book is the first to provide a deeply researched, historically sound, insightful and provocative view of how military goals, scientific motivations and global political forces interacted in the growth of oceanography between the end of World War II and the 1970s."The Journal of Military History