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American scientists acceded to the imposition of secrecy in a pragmatic andpatriotic adjustment to the context of the Cold War. Scientists and managersin the national laboratory system accommodated the demands of nationalsecurity within a classified community, composed of a system of secretconferences, publications, and interlocking committees.
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Westwick, P.J. Secret Science: A Classified Community in the National Laboratories. Minerva 38, 363–391 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004801129528
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004801129528