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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: "To secure the benefits of science to the general welfare": The scientists' movement and the American public during the Cold War, 1945--1960 Abstract: During the Cold War, many scientists became advisors to the federal government, working with officials to develop policies that would serve America's Cold War agenda. Policymakers in Washington prized scientists as advisors because of their supposed objectivity. Many felt scientists should not step outside the boundaries of their technical expertise and attempt to offer input on how technology should be used. However, some scientists found the domestic and foreign policies of the U.S. government troubling, and they were uneasy about the role they, as the creators of the technology that fueled the Cold War, played in furthering those policies. After the end of World War II, many Manhattan Project scientists banded together with colleagues in other scientific disciplines to form the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). This "scientists' movement'' had two goals: securing passage of legislation that would ensure civilian control and promote international cooperation on atomic energy, and the education of the American public about the dangers of the nuclear age. |
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