Security, Loyalty, and Science / Walter Gellhorn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
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  • 9781501740695
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Keeping Secrets -- II. The Balance Sheet of Secrecy -- III. The Proper Limits of Secrecy -- IV. The Standards and Mechanics of Security Clearance -- V. The Spreading of Security Requirements -- VI. The Loyalty of Federal Scientists -- VII. The Universities and Security Searcher -- VIII. The Need for Fair Procedures -- IX. Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix A. Declassification Policy -- Appendix B. AEC Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Personnel Security Clearance (January 5, I949) -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Both sides of a sensitive problem are assessed by Professor Gellhorn in this penetrating analysis of national security and its effect upon scientific progress ...
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Keeping Secrets -- II. The Balance Sheet of Secrecy -- III. The Proper Limits of Secrecy -- IV. The Standards and Mechanics of Security Clearance -- V. The Spreading of Security Requirements -- VI. The Loyalty of Federal Scientists -- VII. The Universities and Security Searcher -- VIII. The Need for Fair Procedures -- IX. Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix A. Declassification Policy -- Appendix B. AEC Criteria for Determining Eligibility for Personnel Security Clearance (January 5, I949) -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Both sides of a sensitive problem are assessed by Professor Gellhorn in this penetrating analysis of national security and its effect upon scientific progress ...

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