From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America

This study of Cold War era urban planning explores how defense technology was employed to reshape America's cities.

During the early decades of the Cold War, large-scale investments in American defense and aerospace research and development spawned a variety of problem-solving techniques, technologies, and institutions. From systems analysis to reconnaissance satellites to think tanks, these innovations soon found civilian applications in both the private and public sector. City planning an...