Cold war technology books

Its a cold war every day inside this group at apple. T he united states, andrew bacevich writes near the start of his account of post cold war america, is like the man who. Richard nixon and nikita khrushchevs famous kitchen debate in 1958 involved more than the virtues of american appliances. The cold war was a state of political and military tension after world war ii led by the united states and the western bloc and the soviet union and the eastern bloc. An exclusive excerpt from always day one, alex kantrowitzs new book on how the tech giants scramble to stay on top. Paranoia was common at the height of the cold war the natural offspring of fear, ignorance, propaganda and secrecy. In 2005, the yale historian john lewis gaddis released his book, the cold war. The cold war resource guides national library board. Technology, culture and the cold war whittles publishing. Jun 30, 2009 in randall whitcombs book, cold war tech war the politics of americas air defense it becomes only too clear that politics held greater sway than reason. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. Nuttalls fascinating account of the technology and culture surrounding one often overlooked aspect of the cold war. The cold war was a geopolitical chess match between the united states, the soviet union, and both parties allies in which the major power players sought to project their respective ideologies across the globe in the wake of colonialisms collapse following world war two.

The cold war was a period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union and the united states and their respective allies, the eastern bloc and the western bloc, after world war ii. During the cold war, both the soviet union and the us were in a military race to outdo each other, and military technology developments during that period have outweighed any other in history. Secrets of cold war technology by gerry vassilatos the death knell has struck. Competing with the soviets johns hopkins university press books. Major advancements in cold war science and technology helped to shape new visions of utopian futures, the stockintrade of worlds fairs. Mar 24, 2020 when the cold war ended, the united states started to lift its restrictions on the export of high technology and especially on advanced computers and on microelectronics. If you know of a link that should be added, please email the cold war museum books, newspapers, magazines, and news articles. Today, gps technology is completely dependent upon satellites that were developed due to the space race pandemonium of the cold war. Secrets of cold war technology by gerry vassilatos youtube. Vol 21, no 4 journal of cold war studies mit press journals. The contours of americas cold war is an outstanding book directed at understanding the varied geographical underpinnings of the conduct of the cold war in the u. A very short introduction mcmahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history.

Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. The kitchen as political symbol and material reality in the cold war years. Cold war espionage has been fictionally depicted in works such as the james bond and matt helm books and movies. The cold war rivalry between the united states and the soviet union lasted for decades and resulted in anticommunist suspicions and international incidents that led. The cold war rivalry between the united states and the soviet union lasted for decades and resulted in anticommunist suspicions and international incidents that led the two superpowers to the. When the cold war ended, the united states started to lift its restrictions on the export of high technology and especially on advanced computers and on. End of the cold war books listed in alphabetical order the books below provide insights to understanding the events that led to the escalation of the second cold war during the 1980s and thereafter to the end of the cold war.

Investigations of how the global cold war shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science. Jan 20, 2016 top 10 books about the cold war the long, nucleararmed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. Both nixon and khrushchev recognized the political symbolism of the modern kitchen. Aug 21, 2019 the cold war spy technology which we all use. The cold war is the term used to define the period between the end of world war ii in 1945 and the ultimate collapse of the soviet union and its satellite states in 1991. From the 1940s to the 1980s, expositions in the united states and around the world, from brussels to osaka to brisbane, mirrored cold war culture in a variety of ways, and also played an active role in.

Ten histories of the cold war worth reading council on. Educational articles for teachers, students, and schools including the leaders of the cold war, battles and proxy wars, communism, major events, bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, berlin wall, and countries involved in this nuclear stalemate. He received a bachelors degree in physics in 1946 from princeton university and a masters degree in physics in 1947 and a doctorate in physics in 1949 from the university of illinois. The technology of world war i explores the dramatic developments in military technology during world war i. The protatgonists in the cold war were the west, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union. Articles in the journal draw on declassified materials and new memoirs to illuminate and raise questions about numerous historical and theoretical concerns. The cold war, a hostile rivalry between the united states and the soviet union, lasted from the late 1940s until the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. Both countries ended up launching satellites including the famous sputnik satellite. The cold war was a testing ground for all new types of technology. Clear, concise, and compelling, the cold war is a superb primer on the subject.

Overcoming the cold war required courage from the people of central and eastern europe and what was then the german democratic republic, but it also required the steadfastness of western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two germanys and europe. Ice and snow in the cold war histories of extreme climatic environments edited by julia herzberg, christian kehrt, and franziska torma. T he united states, andrew bacevich writes near the start of his account of postcoldwar america, is like the man who. From the mid1950s to 1975, the united states and the soviet union struggled to outdo each other in rocket technology and space exploration. Competing with the soviets offers a short, accessible introduction to the special role that science and technology played in maintaining state power during the cold war, from the atomic bomb to the human genome project. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a.

An american cartoon satirising the space race cold war rivalry moved beyond the political and military spheres and into competition for technological superiority. Cold war meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Portable cameras and recording devices as part of the multitude of spy devices created for espionage purposes during the cold war, the development of tiny portable and hidden video and recording technologies emerged. Library books often have tags and not just rfid essentials, a book i used to research this story. The contours of americas cold war university of minnesota. It was the constant threat of allout nuclear devastation that kept both sides driven to develop a weapon or defence system that could attack or protect. The period occurred between 1947, the year of the truman doctrine. Proceedings of the conference on the power of free inquiry and cold war international history these proceedings resulted from a conference jointly sponsored by the. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. In secrets of cold war technology, gerry vassilatos reveals that death ray technology has been secretly researched and developed since the turn of the century. The cold war was called cold because the featured heavyweights, the soviet union and the united states, were nominally at peace. Essays on cold war the cold war was about confrontations between the ussr and the us that are a fascinating occurrence in the world history. The period is generally considered to span the 1947 truman doctrine to the 1991 dissolution of the soviet union. The cold war spy technology which we all use bbc news.

How the cold war saved marvel and birthed a generation of superheroes. Sep 24, 2019 major advancements in cold war science and technology helped to shape new visions of utopian futures, the stockintrade of worlds fairs. Government and military patronage shaped cold war technoscientific practices, imposing methods that were project oriented, team based, and subject to national. Clausewitz missed the importance of technology as a variable in his analysis of war.

Competing with the soviets offers a short, accessible introduction to the special role that science and technology played in maintaining state power during the cold. Oct 01, 2019 secrets of cold war technology books library by gerry vassilatos the death knell has struck. How the cold war saved marvel and birthed a generation of. But they engaged in circling each other, jabbing at each other, testing each others supposed weaknesses in every part of the world, in the byzantine politics of the united nations, and in a couple of dozen other. Cold war technology history of war in the 20th century. Fredrik logevall, university of california, santa barbara. Science and technology in the global cold war the mit press. Nuclear weapons, scientists, and the postcold war challenge. Our cold war essay samples explore various events from brinkmanship, escalating arms race, and the many small wars that followed. Fnd out how a 40year standoff between superpowers put america on edge.

Ten cold war novels worth reading council on foreign relations. The computer, internet, satellites, and the microwave were effects of cold war innovation. Keynote address by harlan cleveland, at the cold war symposium held on october 21, 2006, at the national archives in washington, dc. How have 70 years of military research succeeded in.