Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover)) - Tapa dura

Foerstel, Herbert

 
9780275944476: Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology (Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover))
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ISBN 10: 0275944476 ISBN 13: 9780275944476
Editorial: Praeger, 1993

Sinopsis

Foerstel argues convincingly that federal control of science and technology is both a serious threat to democracy and a profoundly ineffective way to organize the scientific enterprise. Booklist required reading for anyone concerned with continued abuses of power by the military-industrial complex.

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Acerca del autor

HERBERT N. FOERSTEL is the retired former head of Branch Libraries at the University of Maryland in College Park and is a current member of the board of directors of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. He is the author of Surveillance in the Stacks (Greenwood, 1991), Secret Science (Praeger, 1993), Banned in the USA (Greenwood, 1994), Climbing the Hill with his daughter Karen Foerstel (Praeger, 1996), Free Expression and Censorship in America (Greenwood, 1997), and Banned in the Media (Greenwood, 1998)

De la contraportada

This book is a plea for scientific openness and free access to information. It demonstrates the futility of scientific secrecy and the weakness of national arguments against open communication. From the restriction of technologically advanced exports, to the classification of research as restricted or secret, to the monitoring (and censoring) of scientific publications and library collections, to the pre-emption by the Pentagon of scientific and technological research, the U.S. federal government has achieved a state of unprecedented control over American science and technology. This, despite the end of the Cold War. Foerstel examines this continuing trend toward the state as chief sponsor, promoter, and supervisor of scientific research and its unsettling ramifications. Foerstel concludes that scientific secrecy is counterproductive to American interests, particularly in an era when economics has come to define national security. His controversial analysis will be of interest to scientists, historians, and students of government alike.

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Editorial
Praeger
Año de publicación
1993
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0275944476
ISBN 13 
9780275944476
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
238
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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