Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Timeline -- 1. The Deep Cold War and the Exchange Programs -- 2. Détente and the Heyday of Massive Agreements -- 3. Sanctions and Perestroika -- 4. After the Fall: New Times, New Approaches -- Part II: In Their Own Words -- 5. How Did It Start? -- 6. What Kept Them Going? -- 7. Scientific Accomplishments -- 8. Other Accomplishments -- 9. Problems -- 10. On the Nature of Science in the Former Soviet Union -- 11. Vignettes -- Part III: Conclusion: So What? -- 12. What to Make of It All? -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary
1. Author Gerson Sher is an authority on the subject of scientific cooperation between the Soviet Union and the U.S. with an extensive career spanning decades coordinating these collaborative programs for the U.S. government and in the private sector. 2. This book is very timely with its focus on both the need for scientific collaboration and U.S.-Russian tensions as its dual topics. 3. This book is written in an engaging and conversational tone--with first-person narratives from the extensive interviews. Elements of memoir and eyewitness description make this history come alive for readers.
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