{"product_id":"cardinal-choices-gregg-herken-9780804737708","title":"Cardinal Choices: Presidential Sciences Advising from the Atomic Bomb to SDI","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a history of the complex relations between scientific advisors, primarily physicists, and U.S. presidents in their role as decision makers about nuclear weapons and military strategy. The story, unsurprisingly, is one of considerable tension between the \"experts\" and the politicians, as scientists seek to influence policy and presidents alternate between accepting their advice and resisting or even ignoring it. First published in 1992, the book has been brought up to date to include the experiences of science advisors to President Clinton. In addition, the texts of eleven crucial documents, from the Einstein-Szilard letter to President Roosevelt (1939) to the announcement of the Strategic Defense Initiative by President Reagan (1983), have been added as appendixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregg Herken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804737703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804737708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.01w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 15","brand":"Gregg Herken","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947215683839,"sku":"9780804737708","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_032359d6-630d-415c-ab27-90f6a0f155db.jpg?v=1681517410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cardinal-choices-gregg-herken-9780804737708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}