The Price of Prestige

Index

aesthetic values, 25 , 40 , 48 , 161
Afghanistan, 74 , 75 , 79 , 85 , 89
African countries, 42 , 101 , 108 , 152
aircraft carriers: Brazil and, 2 , 19 , 42 , 45 ,
71 – 73 , 169 n 35 ; Britain and, 73 – 76 ,
175 n 8 ; carrier club, 81 – 88 ; China and,
58 , 66 , 86 – 88 , 179 n 30 ; costs of, 69 – 70 ;
France and, 73 – 76 ; Italy and, 64 ; largest,
69 – 70 ; naval history and, 32 , 57 , 58 – 65 ;
nuclear power and, 76 ; Russia and,
79 – 81 ; strategic /symbolic value, 58 – 65 ;
Thailand and, 81 – 84 , 157 ; United States
and, 58 , 84 – 86
Alberts, Bruce, 121
Allen, George V., 127
altruism, 93 , 103 , 133. See also prosociality;
and specific topics
archery, 173 n 15
Argentina, 48 , 100 , 176 n 16
Ariely, Dan, 171 n 49
arms races, 65 – 69 , 155 , 156 , 171 n 46 , 186 n 3.
See also weapons
Axelrod, Robert, 97

bandwagon effects, 20 – 21 , 27 , 99
Bangladesh, 99
Barnett, Michael, 101
Barrie, James, 160 – 61 , 162
Battaille, Georges, 181 n 16
Bercovitch, Jacob, 91 – 92
Big Science: Cold War and, 127 ; comeback
of, 121 ; costs, 125 , 126 , 128 , 130 ; finan-
cial crisis and, 121 ; internationalization
and, 127 , 132 ; knowledge and, 132 ; lux ury

goods and, 54 ; megascience and, 183 n 2 ;

Mohole example (see Mohole Project);

pork- barrel politics and, 125 , 134 – 37 ;

prestige and, 122 ; science and, 30 , 31 ,

57 , 121 – 52 ; space and, 32 ; supercol -

lider, 184 n 11 ; United States and, 128 ,

183 n 7 ; utility of, 129 – 37. See also spe­

cific projects

Bird, Alden, 15

Bird, Blige, 15

Bobrow, Davis B., 117

Bourdieu, Pierre, 16 , 25 , 171 n 49 , 173 n 13

Boyer, Mark A., 117

Brazil, 2 , 15 , 18 – 21 , 43 , 48 , 71 – 73 , 101 ,

169 n 35 , 177 n 17

BRIC countries, 5 , 43. See also specific

countries, topics

Britain, 73 – 76 , 148 – 51 , 175 n 8

bureaucratic models, 61 , 62

Bush, George H. W., 184 n 11

Canada, 42 , 97 , 98 , 111 , 113 , 115

Canterbery, E. Ray, 22

carbon reduction, 15 , 121

cavalry, use of, 49

Chapnick, Adam, 115

Chile, 48

China, 5 , 11 , 12 , 16 , 19 ; carrier fleet and, 58 ,

66 , 86 – 88 , 179 n 30 ; foot-binding and,

172 n 4 ; space programs and, 2 , 42 , 43 ,

123 – 24 ; United States and, 58 , 84

Cialdini, Robert B., 10

circularity, logical, 9 , 26 , 114 , 171 n 50 ,

182 n 21