New Publication: "French Scientific Exploitation and Technology Transfer from Germany in the Diplomatic Context of the Early Cold War"

A quick celebration: An article derived from one of my dissertation chapters has just been officially published in the International History Review. Hurrah! Just in time for me to start thinking through where to submit my latest (and probably final) chapter on quite a different topic.

Its title is "French Scientific Exploitation and Technology Transfer from Germany in the Diplomatic Context of the Early Cold War," and can be accessed here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.879917

Here's the abstract:

While most discussions of the international efforts at post-war exploitation of German science and technology by the Allied occupation powers assume similar methods and aims across the nations involved, the French case diverges in important ways because of a fundamentally different understanding of technology transfer. The Americans and British hoped to enlist the French in exploitation programmes similar to their own, and to an extent succeeded, but persistent distrust of French motives largely prevented this co-operation from forging similarities beyond the surface level. French policy-makers’ alternate conception of science and technology as socially embedded led to very different strategies for exploiting German advances, and despite post-war antagonism, led to Franco-German research collaboration that would prove valuable building relationships between these nations.