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Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology

Secret Science: Federal Control of American Science and Technology

Foerstel, Herbert

Hardcover

Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Hardcover)

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0275944476
ISBN13: 9780275944476
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jan 30 1993
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.52 Depth: 9.55
Language: English

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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