Cold War Politics of Genetic Research

Introduction,Chapter 1: Mendelist-Morganists and Michurinism, Chapter 2: Fly Lovers and People Haters, Chapter 3: The Eugenics Movement and First Encounters with Soviet Science Chapter 4: Vavilov , Chapter 5: Between World War and Cold War      , Chapter 6: Debunking Lysenko,  Chapter 7: The VASKhNIL Conference,  Chapter 8: Acquired Characteristics, Chapter 9: “Apostle Trofim and the Gospel of St. Marx”,  Chapter 10: The Spitzer Affair,  Chapter 11: “He must’ve realized how stupid it all was…” ,  Chapter 12: Pigs Wearing Booties Earn Scorn of Red Press, Chapter 13: French Say Chemical Injection May Change Heredity of Ducks, Chapter 14: “Nikita and I have our difficulties…”          Conclusion

• Timeline of Events.- Introduction.-  1: Mendelist-Morganists and Michurinism.-  2: Between Corld War and Cold War.- 3: Reacting to Lysenko.-  4: Acquired Characteristics.-  5: The “Spitzer Affair”.-  6: Pigs Wearing Booties Earn Scorn of Red Press.- Epilogue: “Nikita and I have our difficulties…”

From the reviews: "DeJong-Lambert's book helps fill a hole in existing scholarship on the history of science in the twentieth century. ... DeJong-Lambert's book makes a welcome contribution to the development of such studies. ... Cold War Politics of Genetic Research provides crisp and engaging narrative that opens new perspectives on events which played a major role on the intellectual front of the Cold War. ... an excellent overview of debates on Lysenkoism in the USA from 1948 on as well as a thorough knowledge of primary sources." (Nils Roll-Hansen, Metascience, May, 2013)