Description:
Scott Kaufman's extensive research in nearly two dozen archives in three nations shows how science, politics, and environmentalism converged to shape the lasting conflict over the use of nuclear technology.
Brief description: Scott Kaufman is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Robert E. McNair Center for Government and History at Francis Marion University. He is the author of several books, including Plans Unraveled: The Foreign Policy of the Carter Administration and The Pig War: The United States, Britain, and the Balance of Power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-72.
Review Quotes:
Kaufman's work is impressive as a narrative of the Plowshare program, and essential reading for those interested in nuclear history... he has produced an elucidating and stimulating work that is most highly recommended to all those interested in the age of atomic utopianism.
--David A. Burke "American Historical Review"