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Published April 29, 1999 | public
Journal Article

American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism, and the Cold War [Book Review]

Abstract

In 1946, John and Hildred Blewett were invited to join the staff of the new Brookhaven Laboratory. Both were physicists who had worked on secret projects during the Second World War but, even though they would be engaged in unclassified research, their employment at Brookhaven required security clearance. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) questioned the Blewetts extensively about their politics and associations. David Lillienthal, a member of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), confided to his diary on hearing of the Blewetts' plight, "... the fact that ten years ago a scientist contributed to the defense of the Scottsboro boys, or believes in collective bargaining or the international control of atomic energy — such things as these are solemnly reported and regarded as 'derogatory information'."

Additional Information

© 1999 Macmillan Magazines Ltd. Book review of: American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism, and the Cold War by Jessica Wang; University of North Carolina Press: 1999. 375 pp.

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