| Scientists at War Subjects: Science -- Social aspects; Science -- Moral and ethical aspects; Military weapons -- Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects; Military research -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Military research -- United States -- Moral and eth; Scientists at War examines the ethical debates that severely tested the American scientific community during the Cold War. Sarah Bridger highlights the contributions of scientists to military technologies and strategic policymaking, from the dawning atomic age in the 1940s through the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") in the 1980s, which sparked a cross-generational opposition among scientists. |