Based on papers presented at the international conference "Politics and Context of Science Studies during the Cold War and Beyond" held at the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg in Greifswald on March ...

As the threat of nuclear war loomed during the Cold War, the U.S. Army hatched a top secret plan to conceal hundreds of missile launchers on rail lines hidden beneath the thick ice sheets of Greenland ...

The atomic age -- The military-industrial complex -- Big science -- Hearts and minds and markets -- Science and the general welfare -- The race to the moon -- The end of consensus -- Cold War redux ...