Ill covers the watershed years of World War II, addressing both 

 the organization of science for the war effort and the planning de- 

 bates over postwar science policy. The critical postwar years 1945- 

 1950 are discussed in chapter IV, with special attention paid to the 

 development of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval 

 Research, and the National Institutes of Health. Chapter V begins 

 with the creation of the National Science Foundation in 1950, and 

 ends in 1957 before the launching of Sputnik. The impact of the 

 Soviet earth satellite and the rapid growth of the nation's science 

 program through the mid-1960s are examined in chapter VI. Chap- 

 ter VII explores the "crisis" in American science policy from the 

 mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, while chapter VIII discusses the 

 changes in Federal science policy which occurred during the Carter 

 and Reagan Administrations. 



