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The Pentagon's Brain

by Annie Jacobsen

2020-05-15 06:41:18

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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of theNew York TimesbestsellerArea 51.No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department''s most secret... Read more
Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of theNew York TimesbestsellerArea 51.
No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department''s most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization,New York Timesbestselling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to paint a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon''s brain," from its Cold War inception in 1958 to the present.

This is the book on DARPA -- a compelling narrative about this clandestine intersection of science and the American military and the often frightening results. Less

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Publication date September 7, 2017
Languageeng
ISBN5be2b53b-6ed1-4f0b-b26b-67b563e0cf4d
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Annie Jacobsen
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Annie Jacobsen (born June 28, 1967) is an American investigative journalist, author, and a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist and the New York Times bestselling author of AREA 51, OPERATION PAPERCLIP, THE P...

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