British Scientists and the Cold War: The Defence Research Policy Committee and Information Networks, 1947-1963

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Agar ◽  
Brian Balmer
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Information Networks ◽  
Defence Research ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Policy Committee

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Atmospheric Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Reliable Communications ◽  
Defence Research ◽  
Historical Relationship ◽  
The Cold War

This chapter proposes the modern nation as a crucial site for elaborating the historical relationship between nature and technology. Nations emerged as both natural and technological objects partly through attempts to link distinctive natural orders (as opposed to natural environments) with technological failures. Focusing on radio disruptions in the Canadian North, the chapter argues that scientists at the Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment (DRTE) used upper atmospheric research to define an essential antagonism between a hostile Northern nature and reliable communications to the region. That case illustrates the important place of specific machines and their behaviors (machinic orders) in defining historical natures, including the hostile natures at the core of Canadian national identity and of the Cold War.

The Origins of the Cold War

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
The Cold War
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