Tag: cold war history

• My O'Sullivan Memorial Lecture on nuclear technology is now online

  Back in November, I wasn’t sure if anyone would mind that I used Wikileaks for historical research.  Some might have called it unpatriotic.  But I should have expected that no one seemed to mind (or care?).  I did it because I was about to give a lecture on the promotion of nuclear technology, and found…

  Jacob Darwin Hamblin

  May 27, 2012

  News and Events

  cold war history, history of science, history of technology, IAEA, John O’Sullivan Memorial Lecture, nuclear, nuclear history, Nuclear Promise

• Let's Get Realpolitik about the Global Environment

  As we head into the London summer Olympics of 2012, we can pause to reflect upon  what happened four years ago in Beijing, as one of the world’s largest-scale polluters cleaned up its capital for the moment when all eyes were upon it.  It seems like we will see countless flashbacks of that memorable opening…

  Jacob Darwin Hamblin

  May 7, 2012

  Commentary

  cold war history, diplomatic history, environmental history, environmental policy, history of science, SHAFR blog