Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Note to the Reader xv
6. Abbreviations Used in Text xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik
9. 1. American Public Science, 1863–1945 13
10. 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945–1950 23
11. 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950–1952 32
12. 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952–1957 42
13. Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC
14. 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 71
15. 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957–1960 88
16. 7. Military Technology, 1957–1960 100
17. 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957–1960 120
18. 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957–1960 142
19. 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957–1960 158
20. Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism
21. 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960–1963 183
22. 12. Responding to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, 1962–1963 199
23. 13. Testing the Limits, 1961–1963 219
24. 14. “Scientists for Johnson,” 1964 236
25. 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964–1968 258
26. 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969–1973 287
27. Epilogue 311
28. Conclusion 318
29. Appendix 325
30. Abbreviations Used in Notes 329
31. Notes 333
32. Bibliography 419
33. Index 443
34. About the Author 455