Tsuchiya presents a new insight into the political roles of science and technology during the Cold War era in Asia.
The Cold War was not only a battle of conflicting ideologies and economic systems, but also a competition of cultures and lifestyles, and a battle to win the hearts and minds of people in developing countries. Tsuchiya argues that science and technology were an integral part of how culture was deployed strategically. She discusses the 1950s and early 1960s: the Eisenhower and Kennedy presidencies in the U.S., and the decolonization and nation-building efforts in Japan, South Vietnam, Burma, and Indonesia. She also sheds light on the way U.S. technological aid programs such as Foreign Atoms for Peace, and the overseas information program were received by Asian leaders, technocrats, and scientists.
Provides valuable insight for scholars of Cold War History in Asia and US Foreign Policy.
Author(s): Yuka Moriguchi Tsuchiya
Series: The Cold War in Asia
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 262
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgment
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Energy
Chapter 2 The Cultural Cold War and Nuclear Scientists: Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Chapter 3 “Foreign Atoms for Peace” and the Export of Research Reactors
Chapter 4 International Students of Atomic Energy: the Argonne International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Chapter 5 Contradictions in the Overseas Information Program: Nuclear Tests in the Pacific and Compensation Negotiation with Japan
Part II New Development in the Overseas Information Programs
Chapter 6 From Atoms for Peace to Science for Peace
Chapter 7 Project Hope and Medical Aid Programs
Chapter 8 Space Flight as a New Overseas Information Program
Chapter 9 Epilogue
References
Index
