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<div class="title">The Tragedy of American Science</div>
<div class="subtitle">From Truman to Trump</div>
<div class="bylines"> <span>by <a
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<p>A compelling and timely account of the corruption,
corporatization, and militarization of science in the United
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<p>The tragedy of American science is that its direction is
determined by private profit rather than by the desire to
improve the human condition. As a result, Connor argues, Big
Science has been irredeemably corrupted by Big Money. This
corruption threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink,
the food we eat, and the medicines we take.<br>
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<em>The Tragedy of American Science</em> explores how the U.S.
economy’s addiction to military spending distorts and deforms
science by making it overwhelmingly subservient to military
interests. The primary motive driving American science and
technology has become the search for new and more efficient
ways to kill people. This transforms science from the classic
ideal of a creative force for the advancement of humankind
into its destructive and antihuman opposite. That those
trillions of dollars in resources and scientific talent are
not devoted to solving the problems of poverty, disease, and
environmental destruction is one of the greatest tragedies of
our times.<br>
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While the underlying problems may appear intractable, Conner
compellingly argues that replacing the current
science-for-profit system with a science-for-human-needs
system is not an impossible, utopian dream. But to get there,
we’ll need to grapple with this important history.</p>
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<p>"Clifford Conner's examination of the military and
corporate capture of science in the US could not be more
relevant. He makes the urgent case that human needs, and
not profits or militarism, should guide scientific
inquiry." <strong>—Sarah Lazare, <em>In These Times<br>
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</em></strong>"I highly recommend this book and
consideration of what I take to be its main message:
science could have worked wonders if properly used (and if
a bit of military budgets were spent on something useful)
and perhaps it still can." <strong>—<em>World Beyond War <br>
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</em></strong>"American political and intellectual
culture today, including scientific culture, is in a state
of decay. The denial of human-caused climate change, the
destruction of scientific records by the government,
the attack on public education, and most recently, the
Center for Disease Control’s banishing words such as
“scientific-based” and “evidence-based” are significant
indications of this. The policies of the masters of
corporate greed and the military-industrial complex are
ruinous. We can fight back by discrediting their junk
ideas and magical thinking. Cliff Conner’s book helps
immensely in this effort." <strong>—Michael Steven Smith,
Co-host, Law And Disorder Radio<br>
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</strong>"Clifford Conner’s remarkable study does so much
more than simply ask and answer how American science has
become weaponized over the past century. <em>The Tragedy
of American Science</em> is a thorough and vividly
engaging account—a history of science that draws deeply on
social and geopolitical analysis, and with excellently
crafted case studies. It is a call to rethink the myths of
American exceptionalism that, under the guise of
scientific altruism and U.S. foreign policy, have
cultivated a science-for-profit system. Despite its
unflinching disdain for the corporatization of research,
policy, and practice, Conner’s story is not a pessimistic
one. Instead, with keen insight, wit, and an empathetic
eye on the future, Conner helps rescue the promise of
science from the tragedy it has become." <strong>—Jacob
Blanc, author of Before the Flood: the Itaipu Dam and
the Visibility of Rural Brazil<br>
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</strong>"In <em>The Tragedy of American Science from
Truman to Trump</em> Cliff Conner has brought together
journalists, advocates, leakers, and litigators to restore
the principles of free inquiry from its perversions by the
big lies of Big Food, Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big War. It
is truly in the tradition of I.F. Stone and Seymour
Melman. The method is true and it is simple: they lift the
big rock, and let fresh air and sunlight expose the
little, nasty, squirmy things underneath." <strong>—Peter
Linebaugh, author of <em>Red Round Globe Hot Burning</em> (2019)</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;"><br>
Praise for Conner’s <em>A</em> </span></strong><strong><em><span
style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">People’s
History of Science</span></em></strong><strong><span
style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">:</span></strong></p>
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"Cliff Conner's </span><em><span style="font-size:
11.0pt; color: black;">A People's History of Science </span></em><span
style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">is a
delightfully refreshing new look at the history of
science. I know of nothing like it..." —</span><strong><span
style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">Howard Zinn<br>
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</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; color:
black;">"</span><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
color: black;">A People's History of Science </span></em><span
style="font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">sticks up for
little guys. . . . Clifford D. Conner finds the
fingerprints of the common man on humanity's great
advances." —</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em><strong><span
style="color: black;">New York Times Book Review<br>
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</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt; color: black;">"Conner writes clearly and
skillfully shows connections as he ranges across time
periods and disciplines from medicine to art to
astronomy." —</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em><strong><span
style="color: black;">Publishers Weekly<br>
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</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt; color: black;">"[An] eloquently written book is
accessible to lay readers and equally valuable for
scholars. Highly recommended." —</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><em><strong><span style="color:
black;">Library Journal<br>
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</span></strong></em></span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt; color: black;">"Valuable..." —</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><em><strong><span style="color:
black;">Booklist</span></strong></em></span></p>
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