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Conversion of Military R&D

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Judith Reppy

    1. Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Conversion of Military R&D

    1. Conversion of Military R&D

      • Judith Reppy
      Pages 1-9

  3. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Judith Holdren, Judith Reppy
      Pages 11-33

  4. Setting the Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Levels and Trends in International Spending for Military R&D

      • Judith Reppy
      Pages 37-46

    3. Benefits and Costs of Military R&D

      • Philip Gummett, Josephine Anne Stein
      Pages 47-62

  5. Conversion of Military R&D

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Conversion of Military R&D: Concepts and Complications

      • Peter Southwood, Yuri Andreev
      Pages 65-84

    3. Conversion of Military R&D in the U.S. Context

      • Adam Yarmolinsky
      Pages 85-96

    4. Transforming the Russian Economy

      • Ivan Maslennikov
      Pages 97-109

    5. The Dashed Hopes for Conversion of U.S. Military R&D

      • John Tepper Marlin
      Pages 111-131

    6. The Conversion of Military R&D in the Russian Arms Industry

      • Mikhail Nikitin
      Pages 133-146

    7. Conversion of Military R&D: The French Case

      • Jean-Paul Hébert
      Pages 147-162

    8. Dual-Use and Conversion of Military-Related R&D in Germany

      • Jürgen Altmann, Wolfgang Liebert, Götz Neuneck, Jürgen Scheffran
      Pages 163-182

    9. Conversion of R&D: The UK Case

      • Tom Milne
      Pages 183-197

  6. Specific Opportunities and Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Conversion of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Laboratories

      • Ray E. Kidder
      Pages 201-214

    3. Conversion Problems of Russian Nuclear Weapons Centers

      • Evgeny Avrorin
      Pages 215-226

    4. The Problem of Conversion in the U.S. Military Electronics Industry

      • Jack Ruina
      Pages 227-237

    5. Conversion of Space R&D

      • Nikolai Anfimov, Nikolai Severtsev
      Pages 239-251
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About this book

The book describes the scale, benefits and costs of military research and development. It discusses the process of converting military R&D to civilian applications, and examines specific opportunities for, and obstacles to, conversion in the USA, Russia, France, Germany, and the UK. Among a number of case studies, senior scientists from US and Russian nuclear weapons laboratories debate the futures for these massive complexes. Looking to the future, the dual military/civilian nature of technology is discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA

    Judith Reppy

About the editor

JUDITH REPPY is Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and Associate Director of Cornell's Peace Studies Program. She has written extensively on issues of military R&D, economic conversion policy and technology policy, including The Genesis Of New Weapons (1980), and The Relations Between Defence and Civil Technologies (1988).

JOSEPH ROTBLAT is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of London, and President Emeritus of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, of which he is co-founder. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, and 1995 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

JOHN HOLDREN is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.

VSEVOLOD AVDUYEVSKY is a leading scientist in the field of rocket and space technology. He has more than 40 years experience in development and systems analysis of rocket and space systems. He is President of the Russian Society for Promoting Conversion.

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