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Book SynopsisCharles de Gaulle has often warned France and other European nations of the threat they face from advanced scientific and technological countries such as the United States and the Soviet Union. Robert Gilpin examines this "technological gap," which France fears, and the efforts France is making to introduce change and efficiency into her science ad
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Tables, Figures, Map, pg. xii*1. Scientific Research and National Independence: The French View, pg. 1*2. The Atlantic Imbalance in Science and Technology, pg. 17*3. The Dimensions of the American Challenge, pg. 39*4. The Heritage of the Napoleonic System, pg. 77*5. The American Model of a Scientific State, pg. 124*6. Reform Under the Fourth Republic, pg. 151*7. Science Policy Under the Fifth Republic, pg. 188*8. The Fifth Plan, 1966-1970, pg. 218*9. Defense, Space, and Atomic Power, pg. 253*10. The Balance Sheet of Modernization: Scientific and Technical Institutions, pg. 302*11. The Balance Sheet of Modernization: The Professionalization and Governance of Science, pg. 342*12. Prospects for a European Solution to the Technology Gap, pg. 377*13. The Technology Gap in Political Perspective, pg. 441*Index, pg. 461*Backmatter, pg. 475
