Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge

Jeroen van Dongen (Ph.D. 2002, Amsterdam) is Professor of History of Science at the University of Amsterdam. He also teaches at Utrecht University and is the author of Einstein’s Unification (Cambridge UP, 2010).

"[...] informativ sind die Beiträge allemal, insbesondere dort, wo es um den Einfluss des Kalten Krieges auf die niederländischen Forschungslandschaften geht."- S. Kunkel (FU Berlin), in: Neue Polit. Lit. (2020) 65:19–43 (quote on page 34)"Like water incrementally descending a cascade, the Soviet-American affair of the Cold War trickled down deep into the cracks of Western European science. This subtle reformulation of John Krige's 'American consensual hegemony' is one of the merits of Cold War Science and the Transatlantic Circulation of Knowledge. [...] The volume's main focus is on the relation between science and national governments, both on a local and a global level. [...] this volume contains several fascinating case studies and provides interesting historiographical nuances, especially by paying serious attention to 'small' European nations."- Jorrit Smit (Universiteit Leiden), in: Studium, volume 9, issue 3 (2016), p.181-182.

• List of Illustrations and TablesNote on ContributorsIntroductionPART 1 Secrecy and Science1 Scientists, Secrecy, and Scientific Intelligence: The Challenges of International Science in Cold War AmericaRonald E. Doel2 A ‘Need-To-Know-More’ Criterion? Science and Information Security at NATO during the Cold WarSimone Turchetti3 A Transnational Approach to US Nuclear Weapons Relationships with Britain and France in the 60s and 70sJohn KrigePART 2 Dutch Perspectives4 Putting a Lid on the Gas Centrifuge: Classification of the Dutch Ultracentrifuge Project, 1960–1961Abel Streefland5 Quid Pro Quo: Dutch Defense Research during the Early Cold WarJeroen van Dongen and Friso Hoeneveld6 Chemical Warfare Research in the NetherlandsHerman Roozenbeek7 The Fulbright Program in the Netherlands: An Example of Science DiplomacyGiles Scott-Smith PART 3 ‘Cold War’ Science?8 The Absence of the East: International Influences on Science Policy in Western Europe during the Cold WarDavid Baneke9 Colonial Crossings: Social Science, Social Knowledge, and American Power from the Nineteenth Century to the Cold WarJessica WangPART 4 Scientific Hubris10 Cold War Atmospheric Sciences in the United States: From Modeling to ControlKristine C. Harper11 Small State versus Superpower: Science and Geopolitics in Greenland in the Early Cold WarMatthias Heymann, Henry Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen and Henrik Knudsen12 The Ford Foundation and the Measurement of ValuesPaul EricksonIndex of Names