Controlling German Science, I: U.S. and Allied Forces in Germany, 1945-1947

Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 197-235

  Cassidy, David ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84968298465     PISSN: 08909997     EISSN: 15338355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/27757723     Document Type: Article

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