Cardinal Choices: Presidential Sciences Advising from the Atomic Bomb to SDI

By Gregg Herken

Book Overview

This book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804737703
• ISBN13: 9780804737708
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"