AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



In the preparation of this volume, I wish to 

 acknowledge the contribution by John P. Young, Alvin M. 

 White, Hugh L. Shaffer, and L. Ben Freudenreich, who 

 wrote the initial draft report for Battelle Columbus 

 Laboratories on which this study is based. Although I 

 have added a few new chapters and altered others, I 

 have retained much of the information and insight 

 included in their original analysis. At the same time, 

 I have drawn heavily on other source material, especi- 

 ally the rich and extensive science policy literature 

 that has evolved in the USSR since the late 1960s. In 

 discussing the Kremlin's policy problems and practices, 

 I have also tried, where possible, to cite self-critical 

 Soviet studies in order to illuminate Russian percep- 

 tions and problem-solving approaches. 



I am deeply indebted to Murray Feshbach, Louvan 

 Nolting, Joseph Berliner, and Herbert Levine for sharing 

 their expertise on the USSR and for offering helpful 

 criticisms, comments, and suggestions. I am equally 

 grateful to the Soviet members of the Science Policy 

 Working Group for the opportunity to interact in this 

 common effort to enhance our mutual knowledge and under- 

 standing of the other's system, though we may disagree 

 in our views and conclusions. 



My warm thanks also go to my American colleagues on 

 the Working Group for providing me with a tremendous 

 learning experience and "short course" on US R&D plan- 

 ning and management that proved invaluable in preparing 

 the chapter on comparative American and Soviet approach- 

 es to S&T policy. Special thanks in this regard are due 

 to Nat Robertson, Bill Carey, and Lowell Steele for 

 their analytical leads and thoughtful advice. 



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