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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Controlling Hostile Environments: Geophysical Research in Greenland
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Front Matter
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Entanglement and Transformation: Diplomacy and Politics of Science in Greenland
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Using newly declassified documents, this book explores why U.S. military leaders after World War II sought to monitor the far north and understand the physical environment of Greenland, a crucial territory of Denmark. It reveals a fascinating yet little-known realm of Cold War intrigue and a delicate diplomatic duet between a smaller state and a superpower amid a time of intense global pressures. Written by scholars in Denmark and the United States, this book explores many compelling topics. What led to the creation of the U.S. Thule Air Base in Greenland, one of the world’s largest, and why did the U.S. build a nuclear-powered city under Greenland’s ice cap? How did Danish concern about sovereignty shape scientific research programs in Greenland? Also explored here: why did Denmark’s most famous scientist, Inge Lehmann, became involved in research in Greenland, and what international reverberations resulted from the crash of a U.S. B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons near Thule in January 1968?
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Editors and Affiliations
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Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Ronald E. Doel, Kristine C. Harper
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Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Matthias Heymann
About the editors
Ronald E. Doel is an Associate Professor of History at Florida State University, USA. He focuses on the history of recent science and technology.
Kristine C. Harper is an Associate Professor of History at Florida State University. She focuses on the history of recent science and technology.
Matthias Heymann is an Associate Professor of history of science and technology at Aarhus University, Denmark, where he studies the history of the atmospheric sciences. He served as Project Leader of “Exploring Greenland: Science and Technology in Cold War Settings,” funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring Greenland
Book Subtitle: Cold War Science and Technology on Ice
Editors: Ronald E. Doel, Kristine C. Harper, Matthias Heymann
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59688-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59687-1Published: 25 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59688-8Published: 06 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 311
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Modern History, US History, History of Science, Historical Geology