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100	1		_aLindee, M. Susan
245	1	0	_aRational fog : _bscience and technology in modern war / _cM. Susan Lindee
260			_aCambridge, MA : _bHarvard University Press, _c2020
300			_a286 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
500			_aSIP2209
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-271) and index.
505	8		_aTo hold a gun -- The logic of mass production -- Trenches, tanks, chemicals -- Mobilized -- Unforgettable fire -- Battlefield of the body -- Battlefield of the mind -- Blue marble -- Hidden curriculum -- Conclusion: Reason, terror, chaos.
520			_a"Science and violence converge in modern warfare. While the finest minds of the twentieth century have improved human life, they have also produced human injury. They engineered radar, developed electronic computers, and helped mass produce penicillin all in the context of military mobilization. Scientists also developed chemical weapons, atomic bombs, and psychological warfare strategies. Rational Fog explores the quandary of scientific and technological productivity in an era of perpetual war. Science is, at its foundation, an international endeavor oriented toward advancing human welfare. At the same time, it has been nationalistic and militaristic in times of crisis and conflict. As our weapons have become more powerful, scientists have struggled to reconcile these tensions, engaging in heated debates over the problems inherent in exploiting science for military purposes. M. Susan Lindee examines this interplay between science and state violence and takes stock of researchers' efforts to respond. Many scientists who wanted to distance their work from killing have found it difficult and have succumbed to the exigencies of war. Indeed, Lindee notes that scientists who otherwise oppose violence have sometimes been swept up in the spirit of militarism when war breaks out. From the first uses of the gun to the mass production of DDT and the twenty-first-century battlefield of the mind, the science of war has achieved remarkable things at great human cost. Rational Fog reminds us that, for scientists and for us all, moral costs sometimes mount alongside technological and scientific advances"--
650		0	_amilitary technology _xmilitary R&D
650		7	_aweapons _xcivil-military relations
650		7	_ascience _xwarfare
650		7	_atechnology _xethics
650		7	_adefence _xwar _xCold War
653			_ascience and state
653			_amoral and ethical aspects
653			_atechnology and state
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