Gregg Herken

561 total citations
33 papers, 260 citations indexed

About

Gregg Herken is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, History and Philosophy of Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregg Herken has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 260 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Gregg Herken's work include Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (10 papers), Nuclear Issues and Defense (9 papers) and International Science and Diplomacy (4 papers). Gregg Herken is often cited by papers focused on Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (10 papers), Nuclear Issues and Defense (9 papers) and International Science and Diplomacy (4 papers). Gregg Herken collaborates with scholars based in United States. Gregg Herken's co-authors include Bruce L. R. Smith, Jeremy Bernstein, Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Richard G. Hewlett, James L. Gormly, John Lewis Gaddis, Lynn E. Davis, Lawrence S. Wittner, Barton C. Hacker and Campbell Craig and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Foreign Affairs and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Gregg Herken

29 papers receiving 177 citations

Peers

Gregg Herken
Walter A. McDougall United States
McGeorge Bundy United States
Kenneth P. Werrell United States
Marek Thee Norway
Vernon Van Dyke United States
Roger Carey United Kingdom
Stanley Coben United States
Maurice Goldsmith United Kingdom
David Holloway United States
Frank R. Pfetsch Germany
Walter A. McDougall United States
Gregg Herken
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Fields of papers citing papers by Gregg Herken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Herken, Gregg. (2009). Target Enormoz: Soviet Nuclear Espionage on the West Coast of the United States, 1942–1950. Journal of Cold War Studies. 11(3). 68–90.
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Herken, Gregg. (2000). Commentary: In the Service of the State: Science and the Cold War. Diplomatic History. 24(1). 107–115. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg, et al.. (1994). Doctors of death.. PubMed. A21–A21. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg, et al.. (1994). Citizens against the MX: Public Languages in the Nuclear Age. Technology and Culture. 35(3). 633–633. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg & Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky. (1993). Cardinal Choices: Presidential Science Advising from the Atomic Bomb to SDI. Physics Today. 46(2). 82–84. 16 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg & Bruce L. R. Smith. (1993). The Advisers: Scientists in the Policy Process. Technology and Culture. 34(2). 464–464. 28 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg. (1990). The flying crowbar. 5. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg. (1988). The winning weapon : the atomic bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950 : with a new preface. Princeton University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Gaddis & Gregg Herken. (1985). Counsels of War. Foreign Affairs. 63(5). 1117–1117. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg. (1985). Counsels of war. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 58 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg, et al.. (1984). The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War 1945-1950. Technology and Culture. 25(3). 666–666. 1 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg & John Lewis Gaddis. (1982). Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy. Journal of American History. 69(2). 507–507. 9 indexed citations
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Gormly, James L. & Gregg Herken. (1982). The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950.. Military Affairs. 46(1). 50–50. 11 indexed citations
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Boyer, Paul & Gregg Herken. (1982). "The Fences are Gone": American Policymaking in the Dawn of the Nuclear Era. Reviews in American History. 10(3). 448–448. 1 indexed citations
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Hewlett, Richard G. & Gregg Herken. (1981). The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950. Journal of American History. 68(3). 731–731. 14 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg, et al.. (1981). Creating the Entangling Alliance: The Origins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Journal of American History. 68(3). 734–734. 16 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg. (1980). "A Most Deadly Illusion": The Atomic Secret and American Nuclear Weapons Policy, 1945-1950. Pacific Historical Review. 49(1). 51–76. 6 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg & Lynn E. Davis. (1976). The Cold War Begins: Soviet-American Conflict over Eastern Europe. The American Historical Review. 81(3). 694–694. 9 indexed citations
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Herken, Gregg & Lawrence S. Wittner. (1976). Cold War America: From Hiroshima to Watergate. The American Historical Review. 81(4). 1003–1003. 2 indexed citations

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