Global Power Knowledge: Science and Technology in International Affairs. (Osiris, Volume 21) [Paperback]

John Krige (Editor), Kai-Henrik Barth (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226454045 | ISBN-13: 978-0226454047 | Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Osiris annualy examines a particular topic in the history of science, bringing together experts in the field to consider multiple aspects of the time period, episode, or theme. Volume 21, Historical Perspectives on Science, Technology, and International Affairs, explores the ways in which scientists and issues in science and technology have played significant roles in foreign policy and international relations, especially since the Second World War.

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About the Author

John Krige is the Kranzberg Professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Kai-Henrik Barth is visiting assistant professor and member of the core faculty in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press Journals (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226454045
• ISBN-13: 978-0226454047
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,717,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My first PhD degree was in Physical Chemistry. I left the South African Atomic Energy Board when I was effectively asked to contribute to their nuclear weapons project, now discontinued. I got a second PhD at the University of Sussex in England, and became an historian working at the intersection between the history of science and technology and the foreign policy of governments. I concentrate on knowledge that is 'dual-use', i.e. civil and military, above all in the nuclear and space sectors. My time period is the Cold war. In the initial stages of my career I wrote about the place of this knowledge in relationships between major European powers. For the last decade my focus has shifted to U.S. - European relationships. I am interested in how the United States uses its scientific and technological pre-eminence in these sensitive domains as an instrument of soft power, and as a tool to shape the research agendas of its allies.