{"id":111528,"date":"2023-08-17T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=111528"},"modified":"2023-08-25T09:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:27:37","slug":"robert-oppenheimer-later-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/robert-oppenheimer-later-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Oppenheimer&#8217;s Later Life: An Intellectual  in Exile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What happened to J. Robert Oppenheimer after he lost his security clearance? Was his public reputation ever restored?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>American Prometheus<\/em>, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin examine J. Robert Oppenheimer\u2019s life before, during, and after the bomb, detailing the politically motivated security hearing that saw him lose his security clearance in 1954. Then, they shift to his exile from the upper ranks of the US government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn about Robert Oppenheimer&#8217;s later life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-robert-oppenheimer-s-later-life\">Robert Oppenheimer&#8217;s Later Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird and Sherwin contend that the loss of Oppenheimer\u2019s security clearance signified his fall from grace in the eyes of politicians and much of the American public. They argue that Oppenheimer effectively underwent a transformation after the security hearing: In Robert Oppenheimer&#8217;s later life, he was no longer an inside adviser on nuclear policy but instead an exiled intellectual. We\u2019ll discuss Bird and Sherwin\u2019s account of this transition followed by Oppenheimer\u2019s later political rehabilitation by the Kennedy administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-shift-from-political-insider-to-public-intellectual\">The Shift from Political Insider to Public Intellectual<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bird and Sherwin, Oppenheimer\u2019s public activism became increasingly selective in the years following his security hearing. They argue that <strong>he became reticent to speak about nuclear policy<\/strong> and instead spoke more generally on the interaction between science and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Bird and Sherwin point to Oppenheimer\u2019s reaction to President Eisenhower\u2019s nuclear policies. According to Oppenheimer\u2019s friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/david-lilienthal\/\">David Lilienthal<\/a> (a coauthor of the Acheson-Lilienthal Report), Oppenheimer refused to sign petitions advising the US to avoid preemptive nuclear conflict with Communist China in 1955. Though Oppenheimer allegedly agreed with the petition\u2019s sentiment, he thought it unwise to imply the US government needed outside advice on nuclear policy. Bird and Sherwin argue that this instance reveals that, post-hearing, Oppenheimer wanted to appear patriotic and give no fuel to his critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Eisenhower\u2019s \u201cNew Look\u201d policy laid out his stance toward nuclear weapons during the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/eisenhower\/foreign-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stockpiling nuclear weapons to deter the Soviets<\/a> (and other communist nations) from declaring war against the US, a proposal that resulted in an exponentially larger US nuclear arsenal.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the authors point out that, regarding other topics, Oppenheimer spoke freely. One year after the hearing, for instance, Oppenheimer published eight essays urging scientists to be transparent with the public. These publications, Bird and Sherwin maintain, show that Oppenheimer remained keenly concerned about broader cultural issues, though he balanced this concern with his wish to appear a faithful American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Though Oppenheimer\u2019s desire to appear patriotic may have been caused by the security hearing, it also reflected a broader trend in the US known as the \u201cRed Scare.\u201d During the Red Scare in the 1950s, the American public and politicians became<a href=\"https:\/\/millercenter.org\/the-presidency\/educational-resources\/age-of-eisenhower\/mcarthyism-red-scare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> increasingly concerned about communism pervading American society<\/a>. Consequently, American citizens sought to make their patriotic commitments clear to avoid arousing suspicion of having communist sympathies.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oppenheimer-s-political-rehabilitation\">Oppenheimer\u2019s Political Rehabilitation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird and Sherwin further argue that, although Oppenheimer never regained his security clearance, <strong>the Kennedy Administration rehabilitated his political image by awarding him the prestigious Enrico Fermi Prize for public service. <\/strong>According to Bird and Sherwin, this 1963 award was highly symbolic: It represented Democrats\u2019 belief that Oppenheimer was the victim of Republicans\u2019 politically charged attacks the previous decade. And, though Oppenheimer remained a divisive political figure, the award signified a shift in his favor just four years before his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While the Kennedy Administration began to rehabilitate Oppenheimer\u2019s image, the Biden administration went a step further in 2022\u2014it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-admin-says-us-wrongly-revoked-oppenheimers-security-clearance-1954-2022-12-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retroactively reversed the AEC\u2019s decision to revoke Oppenheimer\u2019s security clearance<\/a>, indicating that the AEC\u2019s original decision was little more than a politically motivated scheme. In his interview with <em>The New York Times<\/em>, <em>American Prometheus <\/em>coauthor Kai Bird praised this decision by the Biden administration, calling the AEC\u2019s original decision a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/16\/science\/j-robert-oppenheimer-energy-department.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black mark on the honor of the nation<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happened to J. Robert Oppenheimer after he lost his security clearance? Was his public reputation ever restored? In American Prometheus, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin examine J. Robert Oppenheimer\u2019s life before, during, and after the bomb, detailing the politically motivated security hearing that saw him lose his security clearance in 1954. Then, they shift to his exile from the upper ranks of the US government. 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