Scientists at war : the ethics of Cold War weapons research / Sarah Bridger.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.

x, 350 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: the conscience of a physicist -- The Sputnik opportunity -- The moral case for a test ban -- The science of non-nuclear war -- Into the ethical hot pot -- Disaster and disillusionment in Vietnam -- Institutional reckonings at MIT -- The New Left assault on neutrality -- Collapse of the Sputnik order -- A united front against Star Wars -- Epilogue: science and ethics after the Cold War.