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A political history of twentieth-century oceanography

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Beginnings of Postwar Marine Science and Cooperation

2. Oceanography's Greatest Patron

3. The International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958

4. The New Face of International Oceanography

5. Competition and Cooperation in the 1960s

6. Oceanography, East and West

7. Marine Science and Marine Affairs

8. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Jacob Darwin Hamblin is professor of history at Oregon State University. He is the author of several books, including The Wretched Atom: America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology and Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age.

Reviews

"Oceanographers and the Cold War knits together scholarship in the history of science, diplomatic history, naval/military history, and political history, and will appeal to several audiences, including anyone interested in Cold War history. Indeed, as Hamblin points out, many people don't realize that Sputnik--that Cold War icon--emerged from the context of international marine science." Helen M. Rozwadowski, author of The Sea Knows No Boundaries and Fathoming the Ocean