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The Pentagon’s Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency

byAnnie Jacobsen

Annie Jacobsen uses The Pentagon’s Brain to investigate an Uncensored History of DARPA, America’s Top-Secret Military Research Agency through a carefully framed historical account. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The Pentagon’s Brain leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved.

Publisher

Little Brown & Company

Publication date

2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

576

ISBN

9780316371667