General Information

Author/Creator

Erickson, Paul, 1976-

Language

English.

Published

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Physical Description

259 pages ; 23 cm. ill. :

Contributors

Contributor

Klein, Judy L., 1951-

Daston, Lorraine, 1951-

Lemov, Rebecca M. (Rebecca Maura)

Sturm, Thomas, 1967-

Gordin, Michael D.

Subjects

Subject

Cold War.

World politics > 1945-1989.

Cold War > Philosophy.

Reason > Political aspects.

Rationalism > Political aspects.

Game theory > Political aspects.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, and Michael D. Gordin.

Content

Introduction: the struggle over Cold War rationality -- Enlightenment reason, Cold War rationality, and the rule of rules -- The bounded rationality of Cold War operations research -- Saving the planet from nuclear weapons and the human mind -- "The situation" in the Cold War behavioral sciences -- World in a matrix -- The collapse of Cold War rationality -- Epilogue: Cold War rationality after the Cold War.

ISBN

9780226046631

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	909.82/5 ERI		Reference	-

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