Silencing Science: National Security Controls & Scientific Communication

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". . . Relyea's book provides good source material and discussion for an important juncture in American and world history, and also a point of departure for future studies of scientific communication in relation to national security concerns in the so-called "Post-Cold War Setting."" -Journal of Information Ethics
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Overview

". . . Relyea's book provides good source material and discussion for an important juncture in American and world history, and also a point of departure for future studies of scientific communication in relation to national security concerns in the so-called "Post-Cold War Setting."" -Journal of Information Ethics

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An examination of the silencing of science in America, for reasons of national security, as well as an exploration of the elusive nature of the national security concept, the way national security policy is formulated and expressed, and countervailing protections of speech and publication, including traditional scientific communication in the US. Paper edition (unseen), $24.50. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Table of Contents

About the Author
Preface
1 Framing the Conflict 1
2 Science, Technology, and National Security 38
3 The Emergence and Application of Controls 67
4 The Campus Setting 114
5 The Industry Setting 150
6 The Post-Cold War Setting 187
App. A: National Security Decision Directive 145: National Policy on Telecommunications and Automated Information Systems Security 203
App. B: National Security Decision Directive 189: National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information 213
App. C: National Security Study Directive 14-82: Scientific Communication and National Security 215
App. D: National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Policy No. 2: National Policy on Protection of Sensitive, But Unclassified Information in Federal Government Telecommunications and Automated Information Systems 219
Bibliography 221
Author Index 239
Subject Index 243

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