This unique comparative history of scientific policies and practices in the 20th century brings together a number of case studies to examine the relationship between science and the dominant ideology of a state.

Mark Walker teaches modern European history and the history of science and technology at Union College in Schenectady, NY. He has published several books and articles on science under National Socialism, including German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-1949 (1989) and Nazi Science: Myth, Truth, and the German Atom Bomb (1995).

Chapter 1 Introduction, Marie Walker; Chapter 2 Science and Totalitarianism, Yakov M. Rabkin, Elena Z. Mirskaya; Chapter 3 "Ideologically Correct" Science, Michael Gordin, Walter Grunden, Mark Walker, Zuoyue Wang; Chapter 4 From Communications Engineering to Communications Science, David Mindell, Jérôme Segal, Slava Gerovitch; Chapter 5 Science Policy in Post-1945 West Germany and Japan, Richard H. Beyler, Morris F. Low; Chapter 6 The Transformation of Nature under Hitler and Stalin, Paul Josephson, Thomas Zeller; Chapter 7 Legitimation through Use, Burghard Ciesla, Helmuth Trischler; Chapter 8 Weaving Networks, Uwe Hoßfeld, Jürgen John, Rüdiger Stutz; Chapter 9 Friedrich Möglich, Dieter Hoffmann, Mark Walker;